;s wood pellets imports have increased in 2012 with a total of 19%. Although the main exporter of wood pellets to Italy remains the EU (with a peak of 859,310 tons and a 16% rise

Metsä Group's parent company, Metsäliitto Cooperative has today (11 March 2013) agreed that it will divest the shares of Metsä Wood Merk GmbH to the German-based Ed. Zü

The price index of the DEPV (German energy wood and Pellets Association) in January 2013 stands at 261.86 EUR / ton. The price is nearly 2.2 % up compared to December

The price statistics of manufacturing was in December 2012 at stand still. In comparison to November, the only indices of a significant change were in structural timber, pellets and raw particle board and partially for Squared A/ B timber in storage

Exportation of wood pellets from North America to Europe reached a new record of 3.2 million tons in 2012, with US exporters more than doubling their shipments, according to the North American Wood Fiber Review

As the US became the largest wood pellet exporter in the world at the end of 2012, surpassing Canada, the EU market seems to massively increase its imports

Being the third EU wood pellets supplier after the US and Canada, Russia is gradually expanding its exports to the European countries. With a 32% increase in 2012 (reaching 627,211 tons

In November, according to the German "Energy Wood and pellets association" (DEPV) one ton of pellets costs an average of 247,90 EUR / t, which is an increase compared to the previous month of 2.6 percent

In contrast to sharp price increases for fossil fuels like heating oil or natural gas, prices for wood pellets show just a slight increase of 0.9 % in September 2011. Average price for wood pellets in Germany amounts to EUR 229

Bulk goods: Price survey of proPellets Austria shows an average price of €-Cent 22.63 per kg in April. Compared with April 2010, prices had risen by 13

. The output will be about 1 million tonnes of wood pellets per year. Urania will be the German Pellets Group’s second North American site. In April a plant will open for production in Woodville, Texas.   &ldquo

Price decline for wood pellets in Switzerland has stopped. Pelletpreis.ch reports slightly rising prices for November. Average price increases from CHF

, reaching a new record high of 760,000 tons in the 2Q/12, according to data from the pellet industry and customs statistics complied by the North American Wood Fiber Review

The price survey of Pelletpreis.ch for August 2011 shows a slight decline of the pellet prices in Switzerland. A slight seasonal increase had been expected

According to surveys by the German Fuelwood and Pellet Association (DEPV), average price for wood pellets in November amounted to € 235.99 per tonne (t). Compared with the previous month, this is a seasonal slight increase of 1

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