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

Strongbuild in administration

Strongbuild went into administration because an external consultant fed confidential – and incomplete – information about its financial affairs to client Frasers Property Australia, Strongbuild managing director Adam Strong says. The company went into administration because Frasers
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Top 5: Market Points from IndustryEdge

Every month, IndustryEdge publishes Wood Market Edge, Australia’s only forestry and wood products market and trade analysis, and supplies its customers with hundreds of unique data products, advisory and consulting services. Find out more at www.industryedge.com.au USD920/t – the pric
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State-of-the-art machines for new GLT plant

Hyne Timber, manufacturer and distributor of high volume industrial, structural and engineered timber products, have announced a major expansion of their Glue Laminated Timber (GLT) plant in Maryborough, Queensland. The move has involved the purchase and installation of 14 new machine
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CFMEU at loggerheads with FSC on new standards

Just recently FSC Australia was making the news with what it called its ‘groundbreaking’ Australian version of the world’s strongest forestry standard. In FSC’s media release it pointed to a certification standard “jointly agreed by industry, environment and community interests”. Whil
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PNG calls on China to play a part in fighting illegal logging

Papua New Guinea civil society groups have called on China to introduce regulation on illegal wood imports from the country. PNG is China’s single largest supplier of timber however, large quantities of these wood imports come from illegal operations. A letter signed by PNG grou
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Nordic Wood Biorefinery conference

Rehap’s latest developments in creating novel materials from agoforestry waste for use in the construction industry were presented at the 8th Nordic Wood Biorefinery Conference in October. The Nordic Wood Biorefinery Conference (NWBC) is a leading meeting forum for wood biorefinery pr
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French government’s new strategy to combat deforestation

The French government has just published a new national strategy to combat the deforestation caused by its imports of soy, palm oil, beef, cocoa and wood. They have set themselves the target of ending so called “embodied deforestation” by 2030. The document also calls for the elaborat
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Te Wera forest agreements secure growth for Taranaki

China Forestry Group NZ (CFGNZ) is again backing local wood processing with a ground-breaking agreement on harvesting and processing wood from Taranaki’s largest forest. China Forestry Group NZ and Taranakipine sawmill in New Plymouth have signed a supply agreement that supports long
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