Australian fund buys into NZ forestry
07 August 2018
The land beneath about 22,500ha of Otago forestry blocks has been sold to a specialist Australian forestry investment fund for an undisclosed price, and the fund has also bought a 38% stake in Otago’s largest timber producer, Wenita Forest Products. Sources: The Australian, The
Continue Reading →Pine residue up for grabs in West Australia
07 August 2018
About 60,000 tonnes of plantation pine residue is up for grabs over two years in Western Australia. By Philip Hopkins for Timberbiz The WA Government has let a tender for the product, with the successful bidder or bidders expected to be announced this month. WA’s Forest Products Commi
Continue Reading →How Oregan is turning kids towards forestry
02 August 2018
Pursuing a livelihood in the forest products industry opens one up to being a sounding board for these and so many other misconceptions about this work. Conversations around renewability, reforestation, and forest management are few and far between: unless we start them. Source: Build
Continue Reading →UK Accord between Forestry Commission and National Parks
02 August 2018
A new Accord that aims to expand and enhance woodland in National Parks to protect wildlife and connect people with nature has been launched at the New Forest Show in the UK. Source: Timberbiz The Accord, a statement of a shared ambition between the Forestry Commission and National Pa
Continue Reading →Pro Nemus – Metsa’s walk in the woods visitors centre
02 August 2018
Like a walk in the woods. That’s what it feels like in Metsä Group’s Pro Nemus visitor centre, which opened its doors in a corner of the Äänekoski bioproduct mill recently. Source: Timberbiz Built next to the mill’s enormous pulp storage towers, Pro Nemus offers an entirely new kind o
Continue Reading →NZ getting the jitters from Mr Trump
02 August 2018
New Zealand’s booming export log market is starting to catch the jitters as concerns mount about the impact of US President Donald Trump’s trade war. Source: Newsroom Pro Demand for New Zealand logs has been strong over recent years as local sawmills compete with the export mark
Continue Reading →Salmon wins the tussle over Dover
02 August 2018
A dispute with salmon company Tassal is being blamed for scuttling plans to use Dover to export woodchips. CEO of Southwood Fibre James Neville-Smith said the woodchip export project planned for Dover would not go ahead due to an impasse with salmon giant Tassal. Source: ABC News Tass
Continue Reading →Funding launch for Mount Gambier hub should spark national forestry innovation ideas
02 August 2018
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) has welcomed the call for project proposals from the National Institute for Forest Products Innovation (NIFPI) Mount Gambier hub, and ideas that could benefit the forest industries sector nationwide are encouraged to apply for grant fu
Continue Reading →Top 5: Market Points from IndustryEdge
02 August 2018
Every month, IndustryEdge publishes Wood Market Edge, Australia’s only forestry and wood products market and trade analysis, and supplies its customers with hundreds of unique data products, advisory and consulting services. 1. 25.8% – the proportion of Australia’s Softwood log export
Continue Reading →Hyne Timber with WoodSolutions’ model program
02 August 2018
Hyne Timber is partnering with WoodSolutions to supply both lightweight and massive timber elements for the construction of a unique, full-scale multi-storey timber construction model at Holmesglen Institute, Chadstone. Source: Timberbiz
Laurence Ritchie, WoodSolutions mid-rise advi
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