| 09:00 - 09:30 |
Certification: Impact on International Pulp and Woodchip Markets
- Overview of the state of play of forest certification in the world.
- Trends and insights on future development: drivers, areas of growth, challenges.
- The role of forest certification in implementing REDD
Speaker
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| 09:30 - 10:00 |
Short Rotation Eucalypt Plantations for Energy in Brazil
- The introduction of eucalypts in Brazil.
- Short rotation dense eucalypt plantations in Brazil.
- Clonal eucalypt silviculture in Brazil.
- Short rotation dense clonal eucalypt plantations in Brazil
- The potential use of the eucalypt plantations in Brazil.
- Pilot areas with dense short rotation clonal eucalypt plantations in Brazil.
- Agroforesty for food and biomass.
- Canalyptus.
- Eucapim.
Speaker
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| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Biomass Fiber Demand - What Do the European Power Producers Want?
Country by country breakdown of EU demand for imported wood fuel:
- Pellets versus chips.
- Quality constraints.
- Pricing constraints.
- Sustainability and carbon balance
Speaker
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| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Break
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| 11:00 - 11:30 |
Wood Fiber and Biomass Markets in Iberia
- Regional analysis of the pulp & paper, panel and biomass supply markets in the Iberian Peninsula.
- Pulpwood imports from South America and Africa.
- New energy projects in the region.
- Iberian exports of pulpwood to Morocco and biomass to the European Market
Speaker
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| 11:30 - 12:00 |
European Wood Pellet Market Outlook
- The 21st Century´s Greatest Challange - the climate change.
- Global energy picture.
- Bioenergy targets in Europe
- Pellets Market.
- Shaping the future
Speaker
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| 12:00 - 12:30 |
North American Biomass Markets: Demand and Prices
- Trends in wood pellet exports to Europe and Japan
- Announced new projects for pellets and biomass power in North America
- Price trends for hog fuel and for "pellet-grade" fiber
- Status of US energy legislation
- Impact of government subsidies like BCAP and black liquor tax refund
- US and Canada - biomass fiber suppliers to Europe, or major consumers?
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Mr. Bob Flynn, Director, RISI Inc, USA (also part of Organising Committee)
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| 12:30 - 02:00 |
Lunch
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| 02:00 - 02:30 |
Wood Fiber Price Trends and Outlook
- Softwood fiber costs for the global pulp industry have gone by approximately 9% during 2009 as a result of higher pulp production and the educed availability of lower cost residual chips from the sawmilling industry.
- Hardwood fiber costs for the global pulp industry have surpassed the cost for softwood fiber in 2009 as demand for hardwood pulp rose. Higher hardwood pulpwood costs in Brazil, Australia, Russia and Sweden pushed the Global Hardwood Fiber Price Index (HFPI) to its highest level in 15 months during the 4Q/09.
- Wood cost is the factor that often determines the competitiveness of a pulp manufacturing plant. This cost typically ranges between 40-65% of the total cash cost depending on product grade and the costs of other components such as chemicals, energy and labor. The global average wood cost share was 55% in the in the 3Q/09, up from 53% early in the year.
- The international financial crisis put a damper on trade of wood chips in 2009. Global trade of wood chips for pulp manufacturing was down 21% as pulp mills reduced their production worldwide. The biggest decline has been in shipments from Australia, South Africa and Uruguay to Japan. Imports of wood chips to China have bucked the global trend and were up 110% in 2009 as compared to the previous year.
- The wood pellet industry in North America has grown six-fold since 2004. The dramatic expansion has resulted in higher costs for sawdust in the regions with the greatest growth, including Western US and British Columbia. In Western US, sawdust prices have almost increased three-fold the past five years. More pellet manufacturers are now using wood chips that traditionally have been used by the pulp industry.
Speaker
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| 02:30 - 03:00 |
Recent and Future Wood Fibre Demands and Sources for Turkey's MDF Industry
- Turkey already has the 2nd biggest MDF capacity in Europe (after Germany), although in Europe the forestry resources are rich but in Turkey, poorest and most insufficient.
- Almost 80% of Turkey’s MDF output is produced in the Marmara area where the industry relies on imported timber for over 70% of its timber supplies.
- One of the biggest problems in Turkey is too much industrialisation and population in the Istanbul – Izmit – Adapazarı ( Marmara )area. Since the market is here, industry is here. Another reason for this is logistical advantage in terms of raw material imports.
- Kastamonu Integrated ranks nr. 6 in Europe and nr. 11 in the world among the top wood based panel producers.
- Despite uncertainty in North American Wood Based Panel Industry as a consequence of the current economic downturn in the US and in particular, the consequent decllining construction sector demand, in Turkey the sector relatively stable and not affected seriously by the global crisis, and exports continued to neighbouring countries having closed economy.
- Since we believe that Turkish market had enough MDF and Particleboard Investments to meet the demand and moreover, the resources of round wood are insufficient we have decided to continue our investments in neighbouring countries.
Speaker
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| 03:00 - 03:30 |
Coffee Break
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| 03:30 - 05:00 |
New Woodchip and Biomass Supply Panel: Introduction of Projects
A selected cross-section of companies will provide brief profiles of their news projects
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| 03:30 - 05:00 |
New Woodchip and Biomass Supply Panel: Introduction of Projects
Markhus Torgeir, Commercial Director, BioWood Norway AS, Norway
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| 03:30 - 05:00 |
New Woodchip and Biomass Supply Panel: Introduction of Projects
Jack Nantz, International Sales Manager, Peterson Pacific Corp, United States of America
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