Three wise men of Nelson leading safety
04 April 2018
Three Nelson men are leading the way to improving safety in New Zealand forestry. Source: Stuff NZ Mechanised Cable Harvesting (MCH) which is run by Nelson locals Ross Wood, Hamish Matthews and Nathan Taylor, is the first in New Zealand to become a certified forestry contractor. Set u
Continue Reading →Kangaroo Island Plantations welcomes Premier Marshall
04 April 2018
Kangaroo Plantations (KIPT) has welcomed Premier Steven Marshall and his new State Government in South Australia. Source: Timberbiz KIPT has been in contact with Mr Marshall and various members of his Shadow Ministry in the past couple of years, and the company looks forward to updati
Continue Reading →Noojee Backdoor coupe to retain habitat areas
04 April 2018
VicForests has announced that it will retain habitat areas around about 20 habitat trees identified through field assessments and three night surveys of the Noojee Backdoor coupe, scheduled for harvesting towards the end of April. Source: Timberbiz “This is part of a routine and thoro
Continue Reading →Top 5: Market Points from IndustryEdge
04 April 2018
The monthly sawn softwood imports have hit a new record in January 2018 – 71,319m3. 40% – loans for alterations and additions to existing homes rose over 2017, increasing building activity into 2018. $462.9 million – the value of Builders’ Joinery imports for the year-ended Janu
Continue Reading →Robots now build houses
03 April 2018
A team of researchers from Swiss university ETH Zurich is to use robots to help assemble prefabricated timber modules into a 100 sq m, three-storey house. Source: Global Construction Review The robots will install 487 load-bearing structures on the first two floors of the DFAB House,
Continue Reading →Petition in WA to lock up more forests
03 April 2018
South West residents converged on Parliament House to hand over a petition asking the WA government to protect high conservation value forests. Source: Bunbury Mail High conservation value forests contain or provide habitat for threatened plants and animals, and provide protection of
Continue Reading →NZ fibreboard merger approved
03 April 2018
A merger in the South Island fibreboard business has been approved by the Commerce Commission in New Zealand. Source: Radio New Zealand It will allow the Japanese company Daiken New Zealand to acquire 100% of the shares in Dongwha New Zealand Limited, which is 80% owned by a Hong Kong
Continue Reading →OneFortyOne drops Tarpeena mill
03 April 2018
OneFortyOne has confirmed that it will not be undertaking any further investigation into a proposed greenfields particleboard mill at Tarpeena. Source: Timberbiz The decision not to proceed to the next stage follows two years of extensive work into the feasibility of such an investmen
Continue Reading →Kiwi importers put old growth Canadian cedar at risk
03 April 2018
Canadian forestry expert Ken Wu is in New Zealand on a nationwide tour explaining that imported cedar must come from certified sources to protect ancient British Columbia specimens. Source: Stuff NZ Cedar is the Canadian equivalent of New Zealand’s kauri with some forests 2000 y
Continue Reading →Federal Labor tucks into the RFAs
03 April 2018
Federal Labor is promising to revisit and fix any logging agreements with state governments that are not based on “proper, independent and full scientific assessments”. Source: The Guardian In a pledge that could have implications for the rollover of nine agreements due to expire in N
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