Lumber prices are down nearly 30% in the past 12 months as housing construction and remodeling in China have slowed due to the country’s tightening economy. Source: Wall Street The value of Chinese imports in November totaled $US498 million, down 26% year over year and down from an al

The Australian Forest Contractors Association (AFCA) will be holding its contractors “Hall of Fame” dinner in conjunction with AUSTimber2016. Source: Timberbiz The dinner will be held on 12 April as part of the AUSTimber and the industry is keen to recognise the people who

Protesters have been targeting a timber-harvesting site for over a month in Victoria, preventing loggers from earning money and putting lives at risk. Source: 3AW News A caller to radio station 3AW simply named Brett is employed with nine other workers and logs native hardwood in East

A man has been arrested during a protest against the clear felling of a Forestry Tasmania coupe at Lapoinya in the state’s north-west. Source: ABC News About 70 people attended the mostly peaceful protest outside the 49-hectare coupe, organised by the Friends of Lapoinya Action

The West Australian timber industry may face a supply shortage in 10 to 15 years as the effects of recent major bushfires are realised. Source: ABC Rural Thousands of hectares of state-owned timber plantations have been lost in major bushfires since November, with trees up to 40 years

Jake Peterson founded Spectrum Innovations in New Zealand, which trades as Turbo Sawmill, in 2007 with the support of his father, Carl. Source: Bay of Plenty Times The two worked together to design and build The Gladiator swing-blade sawmill, utilising Carl’s inverted “T&#

The New Zealand forestry unit of Japan’s Oji Group plans to invest $NZ23 million to consolidate and expand capacity at its sawmilling and drying facilities in Otago. Source: New Zealand News Oji’s Pan Pac Forest Products unit bought the sawmilling and drying assets at Milb

Scion has announced the appointment of Emeritus Professor Alison Stewart to the role of General Manager Forest Science. Source: Timberbiz Chief Executive Warren Parker says Emeritus Professor Stewart brings a rare combination of science excellence, technology commercialisation and bus

The West Australian Government was forced to drop the annual harvesting quota of wild sandalwood because it took too long to tackle illegal logging, according to one of the state’s biggest harvesters. Source: ABC News Environment Minister Albert Jacob announced last month that t