Tag: pellets

Chunsky LPK in search for investor for pellet line

Chunsky LPK mill in collaboration with DozaGran company (Nizhny Novgorod) has developed a pellet project with daily processing of 12-13 m3 of wood into 3 t of pellets. Project cost is RUR 13 million. The line’s rated capacity...

Global Trends Review, July 29 – August 04, 2013: Energy demand for biomass grows; modified timber market developing

Pellet imports from the US to Europe are still on an upward trend. According to statistics provided by Eurostat, in the first four months of 2013, import volume grew by 51% year-on-year to 756,789 tons. In value terms,...

Global Trends Review, July 15-21, 2013: sawmillers and pulp makers predict volatile but better market environment in the second half-year

In the construction sector, seasonally adjusted production fell by 0.3% in the Eurozone and by 0.2% in the whole European Union area in May 2013, compared with the previous month, according to first estimates released by Eurostat. With...

Ministry for Nature prepared bioenergy stimulation plan

Russian government approved the plan on stimulation of renewable wood resources utilization in heat and power generation. Development of this industry will require changes in the legislation and will be tested in five Russian regions, according to Russian...

Global Trends Review, June 24-30, 2013: pellet trade growing but causing controversies; companies choose various strategies to tackle weak demand and wood shortage

600 representatives of the Austrian paper industry took part in a demonstration in Klagenfurt, says Holzkurier quoting orf.at. The protest in the capital of Austria’s southern province of Carinthia was directed against the planned biomass plant in particular...

Russian pellets on the global market

New piece of visual graphics tells about sales markets for Russian pellets. Detailed review of export and comparative import prices for pellets from different countries on key markets for Russia is presented in #74 WhatWood Weekly issue. In...

DOTS to sell pellets to Denmark

DOTS company (Bryansk region) will launch new pellet plant in October 2013, as gorodbryansk.info reported. The company produces hardwood lumber from oak, maple and ash, parquet, window frames and doors. The production is already waste-free, as the company...

Lesnoy Mir to build woodworking mill in Kaliningrad region

Lesnoy Mir OJSC is going to build large woodworking mill in Kaliningrad region, as Vedomosti business paper reported. The project of constructing the mill, as well as customs & logistics terminal and warehouses, was presented on 7 June...

Global Trends Review, June 10-16, 2013: lumber outlook, pellet and chip consumption surging, plastics & chemicals from wood

The 35,000 members of the European Organisation of the Sawmill Industry (EOS) produced 75.7 million m3 of softwood lumber in 2012 – 4.5% less than the year before, Holzkurier reported. A challenging situation on the log procurement front...

Hekotek to build pellet mill for RusForest in Arkhangelsk

AS Hekotek company will build a wood pellet production facility at RusForest’s LDK-3 sawmill in Arkhangelsk. The Swedish company has completed a review of its Arkhangelsk assets and has identified the region as a core focus. Following the...

Global Trends Review, May 27 – June 02, 2013: Top 20 softwood lumber producers in Europe; sawlog and pulpwood price trends in Q1

Sawlog prices were up in practically all regions in the 1Q/13, but they were still generally lower than they were a year ago, as reported in WRQ report by Wood Resources International. The biggest increases from the previous...

Global Trends Review, April 22-28, 2013: Challenging conditions for Nordic producers; market forces restructurings

The largest Scandinavian companies posted not very cheerful Q1 results. Setra’s net loss was SEK 27 million, which is on par with Q1 2012 levels. Sales decreased slightly. According to company’s CEO Stefan Lundin, strengthening Swedish krona had...