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Increase in pellet prices continues unabated

Producers and retailers intend to increase imports and reduce exports

13 July 2022

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Published in issue 28/2022

The increase in trading prices for A1 pellets that has already been observable for about a year has continued into the beginning of the third quarter of 2022. The prices - most of which were only agreed by producers to be...

Building up pellet stocks almost impossible at present

Demand increasing more rapidly than supply / Trade prices continue to rise

25 May 2022

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Published in issue 21/2022

A further rise in installations of pellet-operated heating systems, the desire of many end customers for early stockpiling and the cancellation of firmly scheduled imports are ensuring an above-average demand for A1 pellets on...

Minor reduction registered in US pellet output in 2021

Exports reach new record level / Double-figure reduction in domestic sales

04 May 2022

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Published in issue 18/2022

US pellet production in 2021 fell short of the figure for the previous year though the picture varies from one assortment to another. At 9.180m t (2020: 9.274m t), a total of 1.0% fewer pellet were produced than a year earlier....

Price reductions for pellets reversed again

Power stations looking for alternatives for imports from Russia/Belarus

21 April 2022

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Published in issue 16/2022

The consequences of the Ukraine war on the pellet trade within Europe, the rise in prices for fossil fuels along with other production problems at individual central European pellet works have had an unexpectedly heavy impact on...

Emerging signs of increase of up to 50% in Austrian pellet capacity by end of 2024

Exports still rising / Major impact on sawmill residue markets

23 February 2022

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Published in issue 8/2022

Up to 13 new pellet works or additional production lines in existing facilities are to be put into operation in Austria by the end of 2024. Including the second construction phases already announced by investors in some places,...

Nawaro pellet works due to start up from autumn 2022

28 October 2021

Austrian Nawaro Energie presented the revised planning for the pellet works project in Göpfritz an der Wild announced at the end of 2020. According to the release dated 14 October, the pellet works will have an annual production...

So far hardly any movement in trade prices for pellets

Stocks low owing to heavy consumption driven by the weather conditions

16 June 2021

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Published in issue 24/2021

The blanket below-average temperatures in the first few months of this year have led to an above-average need for fuel for the time of year, resulting in stable business activity on the central European pellet markets. Apart from...

Spring campaigns pressure trading prices for pellets

Sales for pellets in bulk form still well above average per beginning of May

12 May 2021

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Published in issue 19/2021

The persistently cool weather of the past six weeks has ensured a somewhat above-average level of consumption as well as stable sales on the German pellet market. Together with a still very high number of first fillings, the...

Demand for pellets flattened out in Germany in July

Stocks of finished products up slightly / Minor reduction in retail prices

19 August 2020

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Published in issue 34/2020

The pace of business activity on the German pellet markets has gradually decreased during the course of the third quarter 2020. Besides seasonal reasons, manufacturers and the trade are attributing the recent decline in demand to...

German pellet turnover accelerating again since April

Hesitant upswing on bagged-pellet markets in Italy and France

10 June 2020

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Published in issue 24/2020

The spring sales for A1 pellets well-received by retail buyers have been contributing to an increase in the pace of turnover on the German pellet markets in the last six weeks. Manufacturers and merchants believe the cool weather...

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