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TFS looking at more markets

19 November 2015
Indian sandalwood oil producer Tropical Forestry Services (TFS) is poised to break into new markets thanks to an expected 10-fold increase in the size of its next harvest. Source: ABC Rural The company, which has an Indian sandalwood plantation in Kununurra, in the far north of Wester
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Australia’s oldest sawmill on struggle street

19 November 2015
Trees from the nearby Wirrabara Forest Reserve and Bundaleer Forest Reserve – a combined 10,000 hectares of forest – are brought in to the Morgan Saw Mill in Jamestown every day to be fed through heavy circular saws, leaving behind a small mountain of wood chips. Source: A
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New Forest’s port development on Kangaroo Island

19 November 2015
Australia’s largest forest investment manager New Forests is investigating port development options at Ballast Head, near American River on Kangaroo Island, at a site formerly used for shipping gypsum and before that for loading ballast on to sailing ships. Source: Adelaide Now New Fo
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EPA fines NSW Forestry

19 November 2015
A failure to implement effective erosion and sediment control measures at Tuckers Nob has resulted in Forestry Corporation of NSW being fined $15,000 by the NSW Environment Protection Authority. Sources: The Coffs Coast Advocate, ABC News From September to November last year, FCNSW un
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Prefab opportunity with Singapore

19 November 2015
PrefabAUS has been approached by the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) to assist in identifying members who are interested in exploring Singapore as a place of business. Source: Timberbiz This could be via licencing proprietary IP or establishing operations or a joint venture
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National Institute for Forest Products Innovation

19 November 2015
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) has called on the Coalition Government to revitalise the Australian forest products industry and back regional jobs with $40 million over four years to establish a National Institute for Forest Products Innovation. Source: Timberbiz As
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Weyerhaeuser to buy Plum Creek Timber

12 November 2015
Weyerhaeuser will purchase Plum Creek Timber in a deal that the two companies said would create a US$23 billion timber, land and forest products company, the largest in the United States. Source: CNBC The new company, which will keep the Weyerhaeuser name, will manage more than 13 mil
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Global forestry machinery market growth

12 November 2015
The Global forestry machinery market is valued at US$8.5 billion in 2014 and is expected to reach US$9.81 billion by 2022 growing at a CAGR of 4.6% between 2014 and 2022. Source: Patriarc The factors such as rising demand for advanced machinery, increasing mechanization of farming ope
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Does sustainable forestry pay

12 November 2015
It is a no-brainer that indiscriminately chopping down trees on a large scale is terrible for the environment. But just how much better is sustainable forestry management? Source: The Financial Times At least a billion cars’ worth of emissions, reckons the World Resources Institute, a
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Wood first policy works in Rotorua

12 November 2015
Rotorua developer Ray Cook of R&B Consultants has used wood as the key structural component for new premises he has been constructing for the Accident Compensation Corporation in New Zealand. Source: New Zealand Herald Mr Cook said utilising wood as the primary construction materi
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