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Softwood lumber prices worldwide

17 September 2015
Despite reduced demand for lumber in the US, Europe and Asia, lumber production and trade volumes were relatively high during the first half of 2015, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. Source: Marketwatch The supply/demand imbalance resulted in downward price pressure in key markets
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Bioenergy opportunities for NZ

17 September 2015
IEA Bioenergy Task 39, a group of international experts working to commercialize sustainable transportation biofuels featured an update on opportunities for biofuels in New Zealand. Source: Biomass magazine Ian Suckling, a Task 39 New Zealand member and various other contributors auth
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Trust to create wood processing cluster

17 September 2015
A multi-million dollar investment by New Zealand’s Eastland Community Trust has given a green light to the creation of a wood processing “cluster” and centre of excellence at the former Prime Sawmill. Source: The Gisborne Herald The trust has approved NZ$7.4 million to buy the sawmill
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More taxpayer compo for Tasmania

17 September 2015
The Tasmanian Government is set to give more taxpayer money to people affected by the severe downturn in the forestry industry, as part of a hardship program to be announced within weeks. Source: ABC News Already $85 million has been provided to Tasmanians devastated after the collaps
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Wood Resene design awards

17 September 2015
Stylish new timber buildings in Christchurch have been recognised in national design awards. Source: Stuff.co.nz A factory-built modular home design and two office buildings took honours in the recent New Zealand Wood Resene Timber Design Awards. The rebuilt Trimble Navigation office
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Tambo sawmill without timber allocation

17 September 2015
A western Queensland council says it is ludicrous it still cannot get a timber allocation for a sawmill. Source: ABC News The Blackall-Tambo Regional Council bought the disused Tambo Sawmill last year, hoping to revive the facility and create jobs. However, Mayor Barry Muir said despi
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On-port log storage increase in New Zealand

17 September 2015
A new cargo storage warehouse at Marsden in New Zealand will help Northport deal with its increase in on-port log storage, which has already given the company a lift in revenue this year. Sources: The Northern Advocate, The New Zealand Herald Marsden Maritime Holdings (MMH) recorded a
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Fourteen woodchip proposals on Tas table

17 September 2015
The State Government has compiled a short list of 14 private-sector proposals for a new woodchip export or processing facility in the Tasmania’s south. ABC News Millions of taxpayer dollars have been spent taking woodchips from Tasmania’s south to Bell Bay for export since the c
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NZ to supply laminates to Canada

17 September 2015
An innovative Christchurch start-up has signed a lucrative agreement with a Canadian company for its laminated timber technology. Source: Stuff NZ The deal could see a product developed by Prestressed Timber after the Canterbury earthquakes used in buildings throughout North America.
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Pillliga forest pillaged by NSW Forestry Commission

17 September 2015
Sawmill owners in western New South Wales fear they are destroying the Pilliga forest in order to meet their timber contracts. Source: ABC News They say they are being forced to harvest increasingly younger trees — including saplings of the bare minimum size — which they say will ulti
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