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Experimental unmanned forestry machine

15 May 2024
The first autonomous logging machine rumbled down a Swedish forest path and scanned for stacked logs to transport. It then scooped them up with a crane and loaded them onto its trailer. A new study of the truck-size robot, called a forwarder, suggests it could help forest workers with
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Metsa divests all Russian assets

15 May 2024
Metsä Group has completed a transaction in which the ownership in the group’s Russian subsidiaries Metsä Svir LLC, Metsä Forest St. Petersburg LLC, Metsä Forest Podporozhye LLC and Metsä Board Rus LLC has transferred to VLP Group. The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase p
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Building a biomass fuelled ship

15 May 2024
Japanese companies, NYK Line, NYK Bulk & Projects Carriers, Tsuneishi Shipbuilding and British renewable energy business, Drax have signed a new memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop both the world’s first biomass-fuelled ship (bioship) and the technology that could power i
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Demand for pruned logs from NZ is high

15 May 2024
International demand for pruned logs from New Zealand is the highest ever seen by a forest manager with 30 years of experience in the sector. Source: RNZ John Turkington owns John Turkington Forestry – a Manawatū company that plants, manages, harvests and markets radiata pine, says he
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Whakatane Mill upgrades

15 May 2024
Upgraded operations are well underway at Whakatane Mill Limited’s paperboard mill on New Zealand’s North Island following the businesses official grand re-opening celebrated in March. Source: Timberbiz The initial months of the year were spent installing new state-of-the-art machinery
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Gottstein Trust board needs more trustees

15 May 2024
The Gottstein Trust is the national educational trust of Australia’s forest and forest products industry. The purpose of the Trust is to create opportunities for people to acquire knowledge that will promote the interests of the Australian industries which grow and use sustainably man
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NZ government cuts funding for Scion

15 May 2024
Government spending cuts have forced Scion, the dedicated Crown research institute charged with growing forestry exports, to propose shedding a significant number of scientists. Source: Timberbiz Scion which is headquartered in Rotorua, New Zealand has told staff that 30 jobs or aroun
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Construction gains from the Federal Budget

15 May 2024
The Federal Budget has taken into account the need for skilled workers in the construction and housing sector, and so the Government will provide $88.8m for 20,000 additional Fee-Free TAFE and VET places in construction-relevant courses. Source: Timberbiz The Government will also prov
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Federal Budget goes to the aid of housing

15 May 2024
The nation’s forestry and timber industry can help build 50,000 much needed new homes annually with climate friendly timber and wood, but we need a strong and stable construction sector to achieve that, according to Australian Forest Products Association CEO Diana Hallam. Source: Timb
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Green Triangle awards’ redefined for 2025

15 May 2024
Next year’s Green Triangle Timber Industry Awards will mark the culmination of newly implemented changes informed by the valuable feedback from sponsors, attendees, and award nominators from the previous events. Source: Timberbiz As part of the changes the nomination process wil
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