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Latest timber industry news, updated on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

WorkSafe NZ charges over forestry death

Industry regulator WorkSafe New Zealand has charged a company and two individuals following the death of a forestry worker in Levin in 2013. Source: Radio New Zealand
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NZ issues 60 health & safety actions

Bay of Plenty forestry operations have faced 60 health and safety enforcement actions in the past 10 months according to WorkSafe New Zealand. Source: The Bay of Plenty Times
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The Beetles have arrived from China

The Department of Agriculture is working to eradicate three exotic beetles that have been detected in timber pallets imported from China. Source: ABC News
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US log prices falling

US sawlog prices started falling in the 2Q/14 after a three-year upward trend, this due to lower US lumber prices and weaker log export markets in Asia according to the Wood Resource Quarterly. Source: Timberbiz
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Vanuatu does forest inventory

Ten staff at Vanuatu's forestry department are receiving training to carry out a forest inventory on the country's largest island, Santo. Source: Radio New Zealand
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Japan needs to stamp out illegally logged wood

Japan, the world’s fourth-largest buyer of timber products, needs to introduce laws and stricter oversight to stamp out imports of illegally logged wood, said the Environmental Investigation Agency, a lobbyist group. Source: Bloomberg
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Home lending trending higher

Figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show new home lending activity continuing to trend higher according to the Housing Industry Association. Source: Timberbiz
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White paper from MiTek examines mainstream building

The Australian residential building industry is on a positive growth path thanks to improvements in home affordability driven by new technology that helps raise production efficiency. Source: Infolink
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Don’t burn demolition waste

If you burn demolition waste from the Christchurch rebuild, people will get sick. That's the warning from a University of Canterbury environmental chemist, who says burning building materials can release dangerous toxins including lead and arsenic. Source: New Zealand Health & Sa
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