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Ryan Media launches revised Timberbiz website

27 November 2014
RYAN MEDIA has re-developed www.timberbiz.com.au in response to a growing demand for readily available information accessible via the internet. As well as online access to Australian Forests & Timber News and Australasian Timber, also featured on the site are: current industry ne
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Flooring imports up and down

27 November 2014
US hardwood flooring imports increased in August 2014, while imports of assembled flooring panels declined from the previous month.
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Canada and US to be at loggerheads again

27 November 2014
With less than a year to go until the Canada-US Softwood Lumber Agreement expires, lines are being drawn on both sides of the border over the future of lumber trade between the two countries. Source: Business Vancouver Canadian producers say they want to extend the agreement, which ha
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Italian woodworking machinery orders increase

27 November 2014
Orders for Italian woodworking machinery in the third quarter of 2014 increased by 11.3% compared to the same period of 2013, according to the Italian association of woodworking machinery manufacturers Acimall. Source: Lesprom The orders from foreign countries increased by 11.8%, whil
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VicForests now in charge of commercial harvesting

27 November 2014
The Napthine government handed control of Victoria’s western forests to VicForests in one of its final acts before the election campaign. Source: The Age Just days before the caretaker period began on November 4, Agriculture Minister Peter Walsh transferred all commercial timber
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Making US hardwoods comply with new legislation

27 November 2014
The American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) has developed guidelines to support members and Australian importers and users of American hardwoods when the Australian Illegal Logging Prohibition Amendment Regulation (AUSILPAR) comes into full effect on 30 November. Source: Timberbiz The
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Residents pressure Forestry Tas through FSC

27 November 2014
Forestry Tasmania is under pressure not to clearfell a 60-year-old regrowth coupe in the state’s north-west. Source: ABC Rural The campaign by Lapoinya residents is poorly timed for the state-owned company, which is trying to secure environmental certification from the Forest St
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Forest Products welcomes progress on China trade

27 November 2014
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) congratulates the Abbott Government on negotiating a bilateral free trade agreement with China and notes the significant positive potential for export industries. Source: Timberbiz The two-way trade in forest, wood and paper products b
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ABC Tissue to Grow by End 2015

27 November 2014
ABC Tissue has confirmed that it will build its long awaited second tissue machine (PM2) in Sydney by the end of 2015. Source: IndustryEdge Building on its recent dominance of the toilet tissue market in Australia, the privately owned company has long been expected to install a second
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Canadians buying up Australian & NZ assets

27 November 2014
Canada’s Public Sector Pension Investment Board could swoop on one of Australia’s most valuable timber plantations, with sources saying about $1 billion worth of forests owned by Hancock Timber Resource Group are on its radar. Source: The Australian PSP executives have been in Sydney
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