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Canada will continue to fight US on lumber duties

07 September 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vowed to keep up the fight against the never-ending effort in the United States to slap countervailing duties on Canadian softwood lumber exports. In an interview on Vancouver-based RED FM, Trudeau cheered the World Trade Organization for ruling last week
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Komatsu – thin on the ground

07 September 2020
Komatsu Forest has developed a new thinning concept, Thinning Experts (TX), which includes the Komatsu 835TX and the all-new Komatsu 825TX. The new TX machines have new features that enable them to easily navigate dense stands while maintaining high production, making them particularl
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FSC Friday in late September

07 September 2020
FSC ANZ is inviting stakeholders to celebrate FSC Friday on 25 September. FSC says that despite 2020 being a turbulent year, there is a lot to celebrate, including a sustainability led recovery. Source: Timberbiz FSC Friday began in 2008 and quickly grew into a global celebration, hig
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Building approvals up 12% in July

07 September 2020
The HomeBuilder program has been very positive for the detached house sector, but the impact of this program is yet to be seen in ABS approval data. The lift in detached house approvals in July is more likely to reflect building application lodgement and processing returning to normal
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Claymark NZ sold to consortium

07 September 2020
Receivers Brendon Gibson, Grant Graham and Neale Jackson of Calibre Partners issued a statement that an agreement for the sale of Claymark in New Zealand was going ahead. The agreement is unconditional, and settlement is expected on 30 September. Source: Timberbiz That means that the
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Opportunities exist for wood processing says NZ report

07 September 2020
The New Zealand wood fibre futures stage one report published recently identifies wood processing technologies that could help drive a high-value and low-carbon economy. Te Uru Rākau (Forestry New Zealand) director sector investment Jason Wilson said the report, by an international co
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Richard Stanton Award first time to joint winners

07 September 2020
The sustainability managers from the construction team behind Sydney Metro Northwest, Australia’s largest public transport infrastructure project in recent years were presented with the 2019 Richard Stanton Memorial Prize for Excellence in Sustainable Forest Management. Source: Timber
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SA receives additional $4.9m for Cudlee Creek and KI recovery

07 September 2020
South Australia’s bushfire recovery has been given a $4.9 million boost to help further support work being done for both Cudlee Creek and Kangaroo Island fire-impacted communities. The additional funding will help with more clean-up work, a feral pig eradication program on Kanga
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Fireball to roll out instant bushfire detection system

07 September 2020
  Inventors of a system which can detect bushfires in minutes will share in more than $5 million from the Morrison Government to roll out the technology here at home and overseas. Source: Timberbiz Fireball’s bushfire detection, mapping, and intelligence system uses satellite and
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Vermeer brush chipper to meet EU emission standards

04 September 2020
According to Vermeer its new BC200 brush chipper delivers performance, quality and safety in a package that will enable operators to achieve new levels of productivity and flexibility. Source: Timberbiz The BC200 that will be available in September 2020 complies with European Union (E
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