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Carbon neutrality in the bag – a world first for Stirling Fildes

20 December 2012
Stirling Fildes ‐ an Australian‐owned pharmacy labelling, printing, packaging and consumables company ‐ will offer the world’s first carbon neutral paper to its customers. Australian Paper, Australia’s only packaging paper manufacturer, created the carbon neutral MG
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EU shuts Nigeria from timber market

18 December 2012
The European Union will no longer allow timber products from Nigeria into the its markets as from March 2013, according to a Nigerian official. Source: Leadership NG
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Christmas tree is a monster

18 December 2012
To millions of people, the Christmas tree is a cheerful sight. To scientists who decipher the DNA codes of plants and animals, it's a monster. Apart from their Yuletide popularity, they play big roles in the lumber industry and in healthy forest ecosystems. Source: Grand Forks Herald
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Government gives $8m for timber verification

18 December 2012
The Australian Government will intensify its efforts to combat illegal logging, providing $8 million to promote timber legality verification in the Asia-Pacific region through the Illegal logging: Regional Capacity Building Partnership. Source: Timberbiz
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Elders sells Sandalwood assets

18 December 2012
Elders is a step closer to selling its Indian Sandalwood assets in the Ord River irrigation area. The company told the stock exchange it had entered a conditional agreement with entities associated with Santanol Pty Ltd to sell the assets. Sources: The Weekly Times, The Australian
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Kalangadoo mill terminated

18 December 2012
Kalangadoo mill and treatment plant, which was sold by Gunns less than two months ago, went into liquidation. Administrators Clifton Hall handed shocked workers termination notices from the South East Pines Sales mill. Source: Adelaide Now
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Rail line closure leaves mill nowhere

18 December 2012
The future of Wairoa milling company Clyde Lumber seems still uncertain a week after its last train of sawn timber left town amid the mothballing of the Napier-Gisborne railway line. Source: Hawkes Bay Today
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Woodchip industry suffers more blows

18 December 2012
The woodchip industry suffered another blow when Primary Securities Ltd moved to wind-up a string of managed investment schemes near Bremer Bay on WA's south coast and Kangaroo Island in South Australia. Source: The West Australian
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Booroobin harvesting is by the book

18 December 2012
Concerns regarding environmental impact of harvesting of timber on private land in Booroobin have been investigated and rejected by the Department of Natural Resources and Mines. Source: Timberbiz
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Germans to build largest mill in North America

13 December 2012
The owner of an Allendale lumber mill is joining environmentalists in questioning whether the state can handle a mill as large as the one being proposed for Rowesville. German-based Klausner Holding USA is considering placing a lumber mill on approximately 248 acres at 3374 Rowesville
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