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China’s hardwood chip imports lift

01 March 2023
  The global woodchip trade is dominated by hardwood chip movements, with Asian nations – especially China – the major recipient. There are pressures in the Chinese economy, many of which were experienced in the last year. Yet, for all the noise, China received 18.8% (2.78 millio
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Euro project to take forestry productivity to the next level

01 March 2023
A new project will take agricultural and forestry related productivity to the next level. The consortium will develop European state-of-the-art technologies in electronic components and systems for future needs, building European resilience in critical sectors and strongly contribute
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Russian wood harvesting drops as sanctions take hold

01 March 2023
Russia harvested 194.6 million m3 of timber in 2022, which is 13.5% less than in the previous year. This was reported by the state news agency TASS, citing Roslesinforg. Source: Lesprom The reason for the decline in timber harvesting in the country was European sanctions and a ban on
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Sensible heads needed for sensible housing

01 March 2023
Master Builders Australia has called on the Senate not to miss an opportunity for sensible reform in helping to achieve the housing needs for the future. Source: Timberbiz In lodging its submission to the Economics Legislation Committee inquiry into housing bills Master Builders Austr
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Churchill Fellowships offer overseas avenues to gain knowledge

01 March 2023
Applications open this week for a program that offers people from the agricultural sector the opportunity to travel overseas and investigate a topic or issue they are passionate about. Source: Timberbiz Churchill Fellowships are a non-academic award available to Australians from all w
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Foresters redeploying machines and men to clean up NZ

01 March 2023
New Zealand’s forestry contractors are mucking in to help clean up post Cyclone Gabrielle while unable to get back to work as normal. Some forestry contractors affected by Cyclone Gabrielle remain unable to get back to work, reliant on landowners to grant re-entry to the forests. Whil
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Pilot skill set in forest operations for Tasmania

01 March 2023
The XA group of timber industry stakeholders in Tasmania, facilitated by Tasmanian Forests and Forest Products Network Workforce and Diversity manager Tracey Taylor, have been collaborating with TasTAFE on a Leadership and Safety Pilot Skill Set comprised of three Certificate IV in Fo
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Great Koala Park is unnecessary, but timber and jobs are needed

01 March 2023
An Ernst + Young Report shows that the hardwood timber industry is critically important to the Northern NSW economy. Plans for a Koala Park and ‘transitioning’ native forestry to plantations are unnecessary and unworkable, threatening the livelihood of thousands of timber workers in t
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Staff shortages lead Alpine to automated machinery

01 March 2023
Labour shortages are still a real challenge for local businesses with a Wangaratta manufacturing company turning to machines to fill the void. Source: Wangaratta Chronicle Alpine Truss in Wangaratta invested more than $2.7 million to extend its business footprint and purchase machiner
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Fennell’s electric log truck cuts a new path for carbon-free forestry

01 March 2023
Australia’s first electric log truck has arrived in Mount Gambier, as Fennell Forestry cuts a new path towards a carbon-free future for the sector. The truck is just the second electric log truck in the world and has been commissioned by the local harvest and haulage company to provid
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