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One of America’s last pencil companies

21 July 2023
James Raford Musgrave founded the Musgrave Pencil Company in 1916 in the US, it is now one of the last remaining pencil companies in the country. James Raford knew that Middle Tennessee had an abundant supply of Tennessee red cedar, a wood that had proven perfect for a pencil. Source:
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Global market pulp outlook

21 July 2023
A clearer picture of the pulp market has emerged from the uncertainty that gripped the market a year ago. We are now largely free from the burdens of logistics constraints and pandemic policies, but the volatility in pulp prices witnessed over the past two years remains front of mind.
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Ai algorithms to make thinning easier

21 July 2023
Södra Ädla is a new partner of Nordic Forestry Automation (NFA). The company develops next-generation operator support systems for forest machines based on sensor technology from autonomous vehicles and AI algorithms. Source: Timberbiz Thinning a forest involves constant decision-maki
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Sales of new homes sink in all states

21 July 2023
Sales of new homes across Australia fell by 4.8% in June, to remain at rock bottom levels. And HIA Chief Economist Tim Reardon says this poor result in June leaves sales in the 2022/23 financial year down by 33.2% compared with the previous year. Source: Timberbiz The HIA New Home Sal
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Archaic rules stop heavy-duty electric trucks in their tracks

21 July 2023
Australia’s archaic road rules, and its unique weight restrictions on trucks, have emerged as a major stumbling block to moves to transform the country’s heavy duty truck fleet to fully electric. Source:  The Driven Volvo Trucks, the world’s biggest maker of heavy-duty electric trucks
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Forest Walkway of cutting-edge tech for the Kauri

21 July 2023
Cutting-edge technology will bring people closer to Northland’s natural giants now that the Kauri Museum has opened its new Forest Walkway. Around 100 guests gathered at the museum in Matakohe for a dawn ceremony to officially open the walkway to the public. Sources: New Zealand Heral
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Illegal felling a by-product of halting native forestry

21 July 2023
Throughout Victoria, illegal firewood collection as a result of the end of the sustainable native timber industry has taken hold in some of our most valued and rare ecological gems. Source: Timberbiz In remote areas and rural towns, particularly in low socio-economic situations firewo
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Andrews government accused of plundering timber from Tasmania

21 July 2023
The Andrews government is being accused of plundering timber from Tasmania after announcing the closure of the Victorian industry. The Herald Sun reported this week that the Heyfield Mill, 49% owned by the Victorian Government and operated by Australian Sustainable Hardwoods, has been
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Opinion: John Cameron – Andrews Gov’t mismanagement of native timber industry

21 July 2023
The Andrews Government decision to close the native forest timber industry culminates eight years of mismanagement that turned VicForests from a profitable business into a loss maker. Victoria will no longer be a major domestic producer of appearance grade and further manufacturing gr
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Friday analysis: Victoria sourcing native timber from Tas highlights Andrews’ hypocrisy

21 July 2023
Two things are certain about Victoria. The premier Dan Andrews plays a mean political game, and certain sections of the media in that State will do all they can – indeed everything they can – to bring him down. This week it was the story that the Andrews government was being accused o
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