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Resolute will continue to operate in all areas in US and Canada

25 March 2020
Resolute Forest Products provided an update on the impact of the COVID-19 situation to its business. The company expects to continue to operate in all of its business segments – pulp, tissue, wood products and paper – in Canada and the United States. But the company expects to take ce
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Families First Act to help US employees

25 March 2020
Last week US President Trump signed the “Families First Coronavirus Response Act” into law. The provisions of the bill will go into effect on 2 April 2020. This legislation is designed to protect families and workers hit by the spreading coronavirus. Included in the package were sever
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How will the US forest industry survive COVID-19?

25 March 2020
Just months ago, Americans watched cautiously from a distance as the COVID-19 contagion caused a nearly unimaginable scenario by upending China’s entire economy and social structure. It seemed like a situation right out of a dystopian movie set; something both fantastical and horrifyi
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MBA & CFMEU join to support construction during COVID-19

25 March 2020
Building sites have been deemed essential activities by the Federal Government and spared from the tight restrictions placed on restaurants, pubs, clubs, cinemas and other non-essential businesses. Source: Timberbiz However, while business continues as usual, some in the industry are
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Boral gives timber back to Kangaroo Island

25 March 2020
Following the devastating bushfires which burnt across more than one third of Kangaroo Island, Boral Timber has donated materials to help build a new wildlife hospital dedicated to conservation. Source: Timberbiz A team of volunteers, including hosts and former contestants from Channe
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We’re not up sheet creek

25 March 2020
Australia has enough wood fibre to keep up with the demand for toilet paper, according to WA Plantation Resources chief executive Ian Telfer. He said Australia had no chance of running out of raw materials for toilet paper, which is made from softwood plantations such as pine, using t
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Labor delays leave bush users in the lurch

25 March 2020
Bush users have been left hanging by the Andrews Labor Government as it continues to delay its response to a report that recommended locking up state forests in national parks, according to the Nationals’ Eastern Victorian MP Melina Bath. Source: Timberbiz The Victorian Environm
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KIPT lodges response document to seaport plan

25 March 2020
Kangaroo Island Plantation Timbers reached the final milestone in its development application for the Kangaroo Island Seaport recently with the lodging of its formal response document. Source: Timberbiz The document addresses issues raised by government agencies and the community in e
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Nelson Forests rebranded OFO NZ

25 March 2020
Following the purchase of Nelson Forests in 2018, including the Kaituna sawmill near Blenheim, by OneFortyOne (OFO) the company has decided to rebrand its New Zealand operations OneFortyOne New Zealand effective today. Source: Timberbiz OneFortyOne Chief Executive Officer Linda Sewell
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Australian mills continue to operate while NZ mills shutdown

25 March 2020
Australia’s timber mills are continuing to operate during the COVID-19 lockdown as normal and will do so until ordered otherwise. Building sites have been already been deemed essential activities by the Federal Government, spared from the tight restrictions placed on restaurants, pubs
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