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

Tilling to distribute CLT for KLH

Tilling is now the Australian and New Zealand distributor of KLH cross laminated timber (CLT) products. Source: Infolink
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Eden chip mill leaves state timber contract

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
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Australian business helps boost Carter Holt Harvey bottom line

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
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Tallest timber office for Australia

Fitzpatrick + Partners are designing what could be Australia’s tallest timber commercial building for Sydney’s central business district. Source: Architecture Australia
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Rural Australia responds to the budget

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
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State Governments all back national forest products innovation institute

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
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Popular Science article says wood is the most advanced building material

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
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Metsa to build 1 billion Euro mill

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
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Obama climate report points to bioenergy

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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