Sydney businessmen the Elomar brothers were busy in 2014, apart from other indiscretions the pair struck a deal that year, paying $6 million for a logging company only to end up negotiating a $9 million payment from the previous owners after a dispute. Source: The Canberra Times The c

In the 2015/16 financial year (31 October), US-American Deere & Company generated turnover of US$4.900bn with its construction and forestry machinery. Source: Euwid The associated decline of 18% therefore matches the last turnover forecast quoted after the third quarter. Prior to

A number of planned fires will be undertaken by Sustainable Timber Tasmania on Sunday. Source: The Advocate A Sustainable Timber Tasmania spokesperson said statewide burns would improve the safety of the community production forests and other identified high priority areas. The spokes

One of the most popular learning tools on New Zealand’s Eastern Institute of Technology (EIT) campus at the moment is the institute’s new logging truck, which is enabling students to get real-time experience in the forests and on difficult forestry roads. Source: Gisborne Herald Comme

Forest owner Whitikau Holdings Ltd was fined NZ$57,000 after pleading guilty to five charges of contravening the Resource Management Act. The fines relate to a pine forest south-east of Ōpōtiki. Source: Stuff NZ District Court and Environmental Judge Melanie Harland said the actions o

Launching the “NGT Foundation” is a major step towards securing the future of Nature Glenelg Trust’s reserves in the Green Triangle region. Source: Timberbiz Since the Nature Glenelg Trust began in January 2012, the organisation has secured three strategically located reserves in the

A Wollemi Pine, one of the world’s oldest and rarest tree species, was today bequeathed to the Canadian people as a gift to mark 150 years since the Canadian Confederation in 1867. Source: Timberbiz The Wollemi Pine was thought to be extinct, until it was rediscovered in NSW in 1994,

Australia’s consumption of paper and paperboard will fall over the five years to 2022, according to the latest analysis and forecasts by pulp and paper industry market experts IndustryEdge. Source: IndustryEdge for Timberbiz Some sectors – like tissue and packaging – are growing quite

Six Gippsland sawmills have renewed pressure on the Victorian Government, urging Premier Daniel Andrews in an Open Letter to save jobs, protect regional communities and return confidence to the timber industry. Source: Philip Hopkins for Timberbiz The G6, as the new group calls itself