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Australia tied to imported timber says Australian Timber Importers

Australia will see an increasing need to import timber in one form or another for at least the next couple of decades. And there’s no great resource of this product available to suddenly ship to Australia, and neither is there any great enthusiasm for Australia among importers.
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Worst forest fire in history of Cyprus

Four people were found dead as a huge fire raged for a second day in Cyprus, razing tracts of forest in a blaze one official called the worst on record. Source: Reuters The blaze, fanned by strong winds, affected at least 10 communities over an area of 50 square kilometres (19 square
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Norske Skog starts conversion in France to containerboard

Norske Skog has made an investment decision to convert one machine at the Golbey (France) industrial site from standard newsprint to recycled containerboard. This is the second major step for Norske Skog to establish a leading independent recycled containerboard supplier in Europe. So
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Waratah loader-processor for increased productivity in tight spots

Waratah Forestry Equipment’s new HTH624C 4×4 LP is a loader-processor built for increasing productivity to quickly clear tight landing areas and load trucks. The multi-use head has the attributes of a standard processing head with extra capability for manipulating multiple logs,
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Submissions open for draft carbon capture and storage

Public submissions are open for Australia’s draft carbon capture and storage method. The federal government released for public consultation a draft carbon capture and storage (CSS) method for the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF).  CCS is one of five priority methods being develop
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Four million seedlings follow on the heels of $1m expansion at Grafton

A record four million seedling dispatch has kicked off from Forestry Corporation of NSW’s Grafton nursery, which following the site’s $1 million expansion in 2020. The nursery expansion was part of the NSW Government’s stimulus funding and will fast-track efforts to replant timber pla
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New category for Timber Design Awards honours engineers

The Australian Timber Design Awards has introduced a new category to honour engineering in timber design – Merit – Excellence in Engineering. The award aims to recognise engineering as an essential aspect of the design of timber structures. Source: Timberbiz This year the
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Sweetman to expand Hunter Valley sawmilling to meet increasing demand

Sweetman Renewables plans to expand its Hunter Valley sawmilling operations to meet growing demand as the Australian construction boom plays out and the Valley’s only other sawmill gets set to close its doors. Source: Timberbiz Chairman John Halkett said the Sweetman sawmill had a pro
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A shift change for AKD Tumut but no jobs or hours cut

The big timber mill shift change that Tumut has been waiting for has started, but managers at AKD say there won’t be any cuts to hours or jobs for the staff they have on site. Source: Tumut and Adelong Times The 2019/20 Dunns Road fire burnt through close to 40% of the local timber pl
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ANZAC metro station to use overseas timber not Australian grown

A European company has been chosen above a leading Victorian manufacturer, Australian Sustainable Hardwoods, to supply a major timber structure for Melbourne’s new underground Anzac metro station, prompting anger from the State Opposition and the CFMEU manufacturing union. Source: Phi
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