Tag: Karelia

Timber export from Karelia increased by 25% in January–September 2024

According to the press office of the North Sea Inter-Regional Administration of Rosselkhoznadzor, Karelia exported 385,500 m³ of timber in January–September 2024, including 279,400 m³ of sawn timber and 101,200 m³ of roundwood. The timber products were shipped...

Boiler facilities in Karelia can be switched to biofuels

Alexander Chepik, Prime Minister of the Government of the Republic of Karelia, held a meeting with representatives of the wood pellet industry. Previously, the products of the regional timber industry were mainly supplied to Europe. Under the new...

54.8 million rubles will be invested in upgrading a woodworking enterprise in Karelia

Krona LLC will receive a loan under Timber Industry Projects federal and regional program. The enterprise will upgrade a timber processing plant to increase the volume of sawn timber output – lining, timber, strips and planks – and...

Segezha Group to build a new glulam plant in Karelia

Segezha Group is planning the construction of a glued laminated timber plant in the town of Segezha in the Republic of Karelia. Investment in the project will amount to some RUB 13.4 billion. The plant’s output will be...

Segezha Group and the Republic of Karelia confirm intention to construct a state-of-the-art pulp and paper industrial complex

On June 3, at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF 2021), Mikhail Shamolin, President of Segezha Group (a Sistema company), and Arthur Parfenchikov, Head of the Republic of Karelia, signed a letter of intent for the implementation...

Karelia DSP paid its salary debts in full

The salary debt at Karelia DSP plant in Pindushi settlement has been paid in full, as reported by Artur Parfenchikov, Head of Karelia, on his VKontakte page. “They are now preparing to upgrade the production site, implementing environmentally...

The pulp mill in Pitkyaranta (Karelia) to increase the output of wood pulp to 140,000 tons per year

In the near future, RK-Grand LLC (owner of the plant) will invest 1.5 billion rubles in the town-forming enterprise of Pitkyaranta – a pulp mill, – which will increase the output to 140,000 tons of wood pulp per...

Setles LLC completed a priority investment project in the forest sector in Karelia

The value of investments in the assets of Stora Enso amounted to 459 million rubles: 388 million rubles were invested in a sawmill and 71 million rubles – in the development of the forest infrastructure. In total, the...

The plant for the production of wood waste products will appear in Karelia

On July 24, 2019, the Ministry of economic development of the Russian Federation entered Laplandiya Trans LLC in the register of residents of the territory of advanced socio-economic development Kostomuksha. The company became the first resident of “Kostomuksha”. ...

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...