Australasia's home for timber news and information

Best social housing award to Scottish CLT apartments

23 October 2018
CCG’s recently completed Ellerslie Road development won the Best Social Housing category at the 2018 Structural Timber Awards in the UK. Source: Timberbiz The seven storey building is built entirely from PEFCTM certifield CLT by Stora Enso and is Scotland’s tallest timber buildi
Continue Reading →

Australians triumphant at Stihl Timbersports Liverpool

23 October 2018
The 2018 Individual World Champion of the Stihl Timbersports Series has been crowned: Australian Laurence O’Toole conquered the world of logger sports for the first time. In a world-class competition in the Echo Arena in Liverpool, the 36-year-old dethroned defending champion Ja
Continue Reading →

Metsa new birch plywood mill for the global market

18 October 2018
Metsa Wood’s new Pärnu birch plywood mill was an investment worth EUR 55 million. It enables Metsä Wood to respond to the growing demand for birch plywood in the global market. Source: Timberbiz For Metsä Wood, the Pärnu mill is a strategically important investment in birch plywood sp
Continue Reading →

Deere technology for loggers in harvesters and forwarders

18 October 2018
John Deere has released its TimberMatic Maps and TimberManager technology, new streamlined software solutions for loggers designed to enhance machine connectivity and communication. Source: Timberbiz Available for John Deere wheeled-cut-to-length equipment, the TimberMatic Maps and Ti
Continue Reading →

The life and durability of timber

18 October 2018
The durability of timber components is just as much about design and environment as it is about preservative treatment for wood. Timber in construction has undergone something of a renaissance, led by the desire to use more environmentally-friendly materials and to reduce construction
Continue Reading →

New Forests joins World Business Council for Sustainable Development

18 October 2018
Global forestry investment manager New Forests has joined nearly 200 companies as the newest member of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). Source: Timberbiz New Forests, headquartered in Sydney, Australia, with offices in Singapore and San Francisco, offers
Continue Reading →

Gross felling in Sweden up slightly

16 October 2018
According to a recent forecast from the Swedish Forestry Agency the gross felling in 2018 is estimated to be 92.1 million cubic metre. It is slightly more than 2017 when the gross felling was 90.9 million cubic metre. Source: TTF The forecast is based on several different sources, as
Continue Reading →

European Commission reports on EUTR progress

16 October 2018
The European Commission has released the second report on the implementation of the European Union Timber Regulation (EUTR), covering the period March 2015 to February 2017. Source: Timberbiz The report reveals steady progress after four years of EUTR application. It is based on the r
Continue Reading →

Russia feeds Chinese demand for wood

16 October 2018
Investments in the forest industry in Eastern Russia, driven by forest products demand in China, have resulted in higher timber harvests in the past few years, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. Source: Timberbiz Increased exports of softwood lumber from Russia to China the past dec
Continue Reading →

Is restoring forest enough to address climate change

10 October 2018
Restoring forests has become a world-wide strategy for simultaneously addressing the challenges of climate change and biodiversity conservation. In a new study, scientists at Point Blue Conservation Science assessed how successful restoration efforts in California’s Central Vall
Continue Reading →

Archives

Subscribe to DTN

Click this link to subscribe. 

Copyright © 2022 Ryan Media Pty Ltd (Division of Provincial Press Group). All Rights Reserved.