Tag: pellets

Asia-Les to build a pellet line in Khabarovsk region

Asia-Les sawmill in Khabarovsk region will start production of pellets from sawmill wastes with a capacity of 70,000 tonnes by 2015. The company will also install a biofuel cogeneration CHP with electrical capacity of 4.5 MW and thermal...

Global Trends Review, August 25 – September 07, 2014: Heavy fall of Japanese timber imports registered in Q2 2014; one more large EU pellet supplier will appear in the US

In the first half-year, Austria exported 3% less laminated wood products, which is 566,000 m3, Holzkurier reported. This decrease is primarily due to heavy losses in Japan. Exports to the Far Eastern market plunged by 38% to 80,500...

Global Trends Review, July 28 – August 10, 2014: political risks create market problems in Russia and Turkey; log supply-demand structure in Japan

Canadian panel producer Norbord reported EBITDA of $33 million in the 2Q 2014 which is 22% higher than in 1Q, but 68% lower than a year-ago indicator. OSB prices and deliveries have grown in North America. Shipments in...

Global Trends Review, July 14-27, 2014: Domestic market saves glulam industry in Germany; global woodworking machinery sales fell in 2013

Germany is lucky to have strong domestic sales market, which supports the laminated timber industry, as Holzkurier journal noted in an article. Austria, unlike Germany, has to export to the sharply declining sales markets like Italy or to...

Vyborg LK suspended production of pellets

Vyborg Timber Corporation (VLK) temporary suspended pellet manufacturing due to overproduction, as the chief power engineer of VLK Dmitry Kan announced at the conference held by Infobio agency in St. Petersburg. The plant is the largest capacity in...

Global Trends Review, June 16-29, 2014: New acquisitions and projects in the North American pellet industry; China blocks container shipping alliance

RWE Innogy is selling the largest operating US pellet factory, Georgia Biomass in Texas, as Holzkurier reported. The company is going to dispose of biomass assets as non-core business. The mill was launched in May 2011 and has...

Global Trends Review, May 19 – June 01, 2014: China’s domestic timber output share remained at 51%; European Q1 timber trade statistics

China’s domestic timber production rose 2% to 83.67 million m3 in 2013, ITTO reported. Timber imports (logs and sawnwood) rose 18% to 79.16 million m3 log equivalent, and the value of China’s timber imports grew 26% to $16.1...

Russian Timber Group to build a 95,000 t pellet mill

Russian Timber Group plans the construction of a plant for pellet production with capacity of 95 thousand tonnes per year in the village of Novaya Igirma (Irkutsk region). Pellet plant will be built on the existing site of...

Global Trends Review, May 05-18, 2014: housing market forecasts in EU; new biofuel investments in Canada, Japan and Europe

The building permits development in 2013 remained negative and is expected to decline in 2014 in France, Italy, Spain, and the Netherlands, though the latter three showed some positive developments, says Fordaq quoting the latest Arch-Vision report on...

RusForest announced first shipment of pellets from Arkhangelsk LDK-3 mill

RusForest recently shipped more than 6,000 tonnes of wood pellets produced at the company’s LDK-3 mill in Arkhangelsk. The pellets are expected to be used as fuel for a European coal-fired power plant. The pellet mill passed the...

Conference on biomass to be held on 19 June in St. Petersburg

On June 19, 2014, the pavilion 6-2 in the exhibition complex Lenexpo, St. Petersburg, will host a conference “Energy from biomass: boiler-houses and thermal power station on biofuels, the production of pellets, briquettes, and biogas in Russia and...

Global Trends Review, April 21 – May 04, 2014: Nordic sawmillers report positive Q1 2014; importers of Asian plywood switch to break bulk shipments

Scandinavian sawn timber producers report a good start of 2014 due to improved market demand and better prices on major markets, TTJ said. Moelven’s pre-tax profits in Q1 2014 were NOK 32.9 million (€4 million), compared to NOK...