Tag: wood pellet

Austria: wood pellets price fell by 4.4% in April 2021

In April 2021, the average price of a ton of wood pellets in Austria fell by 4.4% YoY to €219.8 (purchase of 6 t), the portal propellets.at reports. Compared to March 2021, pellets decreased in price by 5.3%....

German pellet prices continued to fall in May 2021

As is customary for the season, the price for wood pellets fell again across Germany in May 2021. A ton currently costs an average of € 217.04 (purchase: 6 t), as reported by the German Pellet Institute (DEPI)....

US wood pellet exports top 667,000 metric tons in March 2021

The U.S. exported 667,309 metric tons of wood pellets in March 2021, up from both 556,802 metric tons in February and 670,464 metric tons in March 2020, according to data released by the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service. The...

Germany: In April 2021, the average price of pellets decreased by 7.8%

In April 2021, one ton (t) of pellets costs an average of €226.74 (purchase of 6 t). That is 5.5% less than in March 2021 and 7.8% less than last year, according to the German Pellet Institute (DEPI)...

Swiss pellet prices in April 2021 on the downside

Pellet prices in Switzerland will, on average, decline properly in April 2021. On average, they reach a value of 348.3 CHF / t (-3.3%) – after a minus of 0.1% to 360 CHF / t in March. Compared to April...

TransContainer and NFC Logistics develop cooperation on international multimodal transportation

PJCS TransContainer of Delo Group and JSC NFC Logistics, a subsidiary of JSC TENEX (of State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom) have concluded a Memorandum on Strategic Partnership and Cooperation in the field of International Multimodal Transportation.  The Parties...

USTC acquires majority stake in CM Biomass

Denmark’s USTC has acquired a majority 60% stake in compatriot CM Biomass, the world’s largest independent wood pellet trading company. No price for the transaction has been revealed. “We have been through a fantastic journey and are now...

Russian Timber Journal 03-2021: interview with Oleg Fokin, Commercial Director of Sudoma Sawmill; markets of South Korea and Japan: prospects for the development of wood pellet exports from Russia; U.S. softwood sawn timber prices unchanged from the previous week; timber exporters from Irkutsk are experiencing difficulties in shipping products to China; investments in the Russian forest industry decreased by 9.8% in 2020

Russian Timber Journal 03-2021: Oleg Fokin, Commercial Director of Sudoma Sawmill: “At the moment, Russia does not have enough own production facilities for processing low-grade timber in full”; WhatWood: Russian wood pellet exports outlook to the South Korea and...

IDF approved a loan to Rustrans DV to increase the output of wood pellets

The loan was approved in the framework of the federal and regional program Development Projects. With the loan, the company will upgrade its wood pellet production facility in the Khabarovsk region, which will help to quadruple the output...

Germany: Pellet price in March remains at winter level

The price for wood pellets in Germany has increased in March, with different regional characteristics. According to the German Pellet Institute (DEPI), one ton (t) of pellets costs an average of €239.83 (purchase of 6 t). That is...

USDA: US exports 599,324 metric tons of wood pellets in January 2021

The U.S. exported 599,624.2 metric tons of wood pellets in January, up from both 564,826.2 metric tons in December and 500,904 metric tons in January 2020, according to data released by the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service on March...

A wood pellet production site with a capacity of 80,000 tons per year to open in the Krasnoyarsk region

The project was presented by Alexey Panov, Minister of Forestry of the region, together with representatives of the Association of Timber Enterprises of the Central Region of the Krasnoyarsk Region. The plant is planned to be built in...