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Value-adding to the enth degree with bark

26 November 2018
Three million tonnes of softwood bark is produced annually In the Finnish mechanical and chemical forest industry, and this currently is mainly used for energy production. Now, however, using a method developed by VTT, a high yield of pure tannins can be extracted from the bark for us
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Specialist steep slope logging conference series

26 November 2018
The conference team at Innovatek, Logging & Sawmilling Journal and TimberWest has announced its newest industry conference for leading loggers and forest managers for 2019. Formerly called the Steep Slope Logging Conference, the new name – HarvestTECHx – covers all machined based
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Automated platoon trucking will help to drive forestry into the future

26 November 2018
Truck platooning research has taken a quantum leap forward and in the process earned a spot in history by successfully road testing the emerging technology in the deep forests of Quebec in the first trial of its kind in Canada. The day-long trial (by FPInnovations and partners) took p
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Inflation below target – low wages growth at core of failure to spend

26 November 2018
At an annualised 1.9%, Australia’s inflation rate for the year-ended September is feeding into concerns about faltering consumption and a possibly slowing economy. The annualised rate was below the 2.1% recorded in the June Quarter and sees inflation fall below the RBA’s target band o
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Timber bollards in demand as security awareness rises

26 November 2018
FWPA has just issued the 47th Technical Design Guide – Timber Bollards: for protection and traffic control — which is available on the WoodSolutions website. Design Guide 47 covers the types, aesthetics and use categories of timber bollards, with advice on choosing timber, installing
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Fit-for-purpose warranty scheme set to start in NSW

26 November 2018
From January 2019 Home Warranty Assurance Australia (HWAA) is preparing to become the first public unlisted company outside iCare to offer Home Building Compensation products to NSW builders and Trade contractors. Founded by experienced NSW builders and backed by private capital provi
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Pulp prices softening

26 November 2018
Pulp price sentiments softened towards the end of October, with demand and supply fundamentals beginning to impact prices. The issue for the upstream supply chain – including the supply of woodchips from Australia – is that softening pulp prices may place woodchip prices under pressur
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Growing forest research in South Australia & Tasmania

26 November 2018
Forest industries in Tasmania and South Australia are set to benefit from inaugural research projects funded through the $8 million National Institute for Forest Products Innovation. NIFPI’s Launceston centre will fund projects ranging from improving remotely acquired forestry data to
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Call for Strathbogie Forest “reserve”

26 November 2018
The Strathbogie Shire Council is calling on the Victorian Government to end native forest logging and protect the Strathbogie Forest in new conservation reserve. The 5-2 council decision came on the back of a new community-fund report recommending protection of the Strathbogie forest
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Labor rejects ABC’s allegations on improper harvesting

26 November 2018
The Andrews Government – senior ministers and relevant departments – has strongly rejected allegations made on the ABC that VicForests has illegally harvested native forest timber on a massive scale. ABC’s 7:30 Report, three days before Saturday’s state election, accused VicForests of
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