Tag: Irkutsk region

Timber exporters from Irkutsk are experiencing difficulties in shipping products to China

When interviewed by FederalPress, Yury Logachev, president of the regional Union of Timber Industrialists and Exporters, said that the problem had been persisting for several months. “It leads to failures to fulfill contractual obligations, financial losses, decreased revenues...

A new plywood mill to open in the Irkutsk region in 2023

Pulp-Nord (Bokhansky district of the Irkutsk region) is going to launch a new plywood mill with a capacity of 18,000 m³ per year. The investments will amount to 203 million rubles. The investment project is supported by the...

The Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia added three new investment projects of the Irkutsk Region to the priority list

The projects are aimed at increasing the output of sawn timber, furniture boards, moldings, glued products, wood pellets, and process chips. The total value of investments in the new projects is over 2.5 billion rubles.

Wood pellet production to be started in the Irkutsk region with the support of the IDF

Stroy Mek LLC is going to start the production of wood pellets with an output of 25,000 tons per year in Zhigalovsky district.  The investment project is worth 139.7 million rubles, of which 69.7 million rubles can be...

Russian Timber Journal 12-2020: Andrey Konoplev, General Director of Group Vologodskiye Lesopromyshlenniki, on the implications of the roundwood export ban being introduced from 2022 onwards; Luzales plans to build an MDF plant worth 5 billion rubles; the Ministry of Industry and Trade may introduce a temporary ban on the export of particleboards from Russia; analysis of the current situation in the particleboard, laminated particleboard, MDF market

Russian Timber Journal 12-2020: WhatWood interviewed Mr. Andrey Konoplev, General Director of Group Vologodskiye Lesopromyshlenniki, about the ban on the export of unprocessed timber to be introduced from 2022; Luzales agreed on the conditions for the construction of an MDF...

Pik-Bio (Irkutsk Region, Russia) launched the second stage of the wood pellets production plant

The line’s production capacity is 12,000 tons per year. The plant used to have a single wood pellets production line with the capacity of 15,000 tons per year.

Structure of investment in the Russian forest-industry sector in 2019

Starting from 2017, investments in the logging industry have been declining for the third year in a row. In 2019, the decline was 12% (yoy). up to 13.47 billion rubles. If in the year of 2018 logging companies...

Russian Timber Journal 04-2020: Opinion poll of Russian timber companies on the impacts of the coronavirus on outputs and sales; the Government of the Russian Federation approved a list of systemic timber enterprises and measures to support them; how the spread of COVID-19 affects operations of world timber companies (update)

Russian Timber Journal 04-2020: in mid-May 2020, WhatWood agency conducted an express survey of the largest timber industry players about how the coronavirus epidemic affected their production activities and the sales situation; the Government of the Russian Federation approved...

The Ministry of economic development approved the application of PC “MDF” LLC for the implementation of the investment project in Sayansk, Irkutsk region

According to the Deputy Minister of economic development of the Irkutsk region Marina Petrova, the company became a resident of the territories of advanced socio-economic development of Sayansk and plans to implement a project to create a complex...

Russian Timber Journal 06-2019: WhatWood interview with President of United Panel Group; downward pricing trend for logs continues; packaging industry: on the way to circular economy; In 2018, China is increasing trade in wood; WhatWood’s statistics of log price index in Russia

Russian Timber Journal 06-2019: WhatWood interview with President of United Panel Group; downward pricing trend for logs continues; packaging industry: on the way to circular economy; In 2018, China is increasing trade in wood; WhatWood’s statistics of log...

Russian Timber Journal 05-2019: WhatWood interview with CEO of Altailes; Causes of dropping prices for Russian plywood; Wood product exports hit by US tariffs; Rosleskhoz supported distant monitoring of forests; WhatWood’s study of Russian forest products exports and imports for 4 years; Sawmill profit margins fell substantially in North America

Russian Timber Journal 05-2019: WhatWood interview with CEO of Altailes; Causes of dropping prices for Russian plywood; Wood product exports hit by US tariffs; Rosleskhoz supported distant monitoring of forests; WhatWood’s study of Russian forest products exports and...

Russian Timber Journal №04-2019: In 2018, the world sawn timber trade fell for the first time in five years; analytical study of WhatWood on the market of raw timber in Russia; decline in prices and volumes of trade in sawn timber on world markets; another record of China’s imports of round timber

Russian Timber Journal №04-2019: Russian Timber Journal 04-2019: In 2018, the world sawn timber trade fell for the first time in five years; WhatWood’s interview with CEO of RFP Group Dmitry Valtfogel; disbalance between the demand and supply...