Eden woodchip mill will not be renewing its contract to purchase timber from state forests in East Gippsland, Victoria, when the current agreement expires at the end of 2014. Source: The Eden Magnet
Carter Holt Harvey more than tripled gross margins at its Australian building supplies in 2013 and reversed write-downs it took on its timber business a year earlier, narrowing the company's annual loss. Source: The New Zealand Herald
Fitzpatrick + Partners are designing what could be Australia’s tallest timber commercial building for Sydney’s central business district. Source: Architecture Australia
The 2014 Federal Budget boosts regional road funding, maintains tax concessions for off-road diesel and rejects the Commission of Audit recommendations to cut rural financial counselling and some research programs. Source: ABC Rural
In a remarkable display of national unity all six state Governments have thrown their weight behind the Australian Forest Products Association’s (AFPA) push for a National Institute for Forest Products Innovation Source: Timberbiz
The most advanced building material is wood Building Material is Wood according to Clay Risen in the March 2014 issue of Popular Science magazine. Source: The Calaveras Enterprise
Metsä Fibre is planning to build a “next-generation bio-product mill” in Äänekoski, Finland that will have annual pulp production of 1.3 million tonnes, and produce a diverse range of bio-products. Source: Pulp & Paper Canada
The Obama Administration has released a new US National Climate Assessment, which it describes as the most comprehensive scientific climate change assessment ever generated. Source: Biomass Magazine
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