The Tasmanian Greens want the receivers of the collapsed timber company Gunns to make public the six investors interested in the company's assets. Sources: ABC News, 7 News
The State Minister for Higher Education and Skills, Peter Hall, visited the Timber Training Centre at Creswick last week to oversee progress on a project being undertaken between Government House, the Victorian Government and the Timber Training Centre. Source: The Advocate – Hepburn
Ten young farmers will be chosen to join the ‘Carbon Bus’ on an inaugural three-day tour of research sites and innovative farms in northern Queensland, launching the national ‘Future Farmers and the Carbon Farming Futures’ initiative. Source: Timberbiz
The full scale of the unexpected and dramatic turnaround in UK timber product imports has been laid out in the Timber Trade Federation’s (TTF) latest statistics bulletin. Source: TTJ Online
Wood fiber costs, which account for about 60% of the production costs when manufacturing pulp, have been in steady decline in many parts of the world for the past two years, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. Source: Wood Resources International.