Tributes flow in New Zealand for QSM recipient Joseph Harawira who has died after years of fighting “corporate warriors”. The trade union movement is mourning the loss of a man who battled for 30 years on behalf of former sawmill workers who were exposed to dangerous chemi

The latest battleground for the future of fracking in Britain looks set to be Sherwood Forest, the legendary home of folk hero Robin Hood and now the target of a seismic survey by Ineos. Source: The Guardian The chemical multinational, which relocated its headquarters back to the UK l

John Redfield watches with pride as his son moves a laser-guided precision saw the size of a semi-truck wheel into place over a massive panel of wood. Sources: Japan Today, Associated Press Redfield’s fingers are scarred from a lifetime of cutting wood and now, after decades of declin

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

VicForests has welcomed an offer by an environment group to discontinue legal proceedings relating to harvesting on three sites in East Gippsland.  Source: Timberbiz Harvesting operations had been suspended on the sites pending the outcome of the proceedings brought by the environment

Tasmanians were told recently that arrangements had been finalised to use Hobart’s Macquarie Point to export up to 300,000 tonnes of “forestry residue” a year. The “residue” will consist of logs and woodchips. Source: The Mercury At the same time a deal has also been done to transport

Scores of new jobs will be created through a joint venture between TasPorts and Qube Ports to facilitate the export of forest products from Hobart according to Guy Barnett, Tasmanian Resources Minister. Source: The Mercury It will directly create 25 jobs on the wharf and support many

Construction and maritime union leaders have declared they are open to further mergers as they move towards finalising the creation of a 125,000-member super-union next year. Source: The Australian The Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union and the Maritime Union of Australia y

A rail lobby group is pushing for a damaged section of line between Gisborne and Wairoa in New Zealand to be repaired. Source: Radio New Zealand Napier-Gisborne line has been unused since it was badly damaged in a 2012 storm but KiwiRail and Napier Port have since agreed to fix the so