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Coal has gone cold for Fonterra

22 July 2019
Fonterra New Zealand will reduce its reliance on coal and so provide the stimulus for increased biomass fuel supply, the company has announced that it will stop installing new coal boilers or increasing capacity to burn coal immediately. Source: Timberbiz “The increased demand for ren
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Financial adviser appointed for Australian Paper facility

22 July 2019
Australian Paper and SUEZ have joined with Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) in an important next step towards a $600 million Energy from Waste (EfW) facility in the Latrobe Valley. SMBC has been appointed financial advisor to the project, bringing significant EfW sector expe
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Junken confirms transport providers – road and sea

22 July 2019
Junken New Zealand (JNL) has confirmed that it is consolidating its providers of general freight services to transport all of the company’s mill supplies and finished products across its four wood processing mills in Kaitaia, Gisborne and Masterton. The company confirmed that Mainfrei
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AFCA gets funding to improve heavy vehicle safety

22 July 2019
The Australian Forest Contractors Association (AFCA) has been allocated $140,000 to support its Professional Ownership and Driver Wellbeing program (PODW Program) through the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator’s (NHVR) 2019 Heavy Vehicle Safety Initiative, which is supported by the Fede
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Hardwood chip prices at top of market – must come down

22 July 2019
Australia’s hardwood chip export price averaged a record AUDFob238.27/bdmt (bone dried metric tonne) in May 2019. Up 22.0% in Australian dollar terms over the last year, exports were on average 11.5% higher priced in US dollars (USDFob164.80/bdmt). These impressive average prices were
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Senator Duniam declares support for forestry at DANA conference

22 July 2019
Careful planning is aiming to ensure the mistakes of the past in establishing plantations and farm forestry are not repeated, the new federal Minister for Forests, Jonathon Duniam, said yesterday. Senator Duniam, speaking to a DANA conference in Brisbane, reiterated the Government’s s
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Vietnam timber exports to reach $11b

18 July 2019
Việt Nam’s export of timber and wood products is expected to reach US$11 billion this year, said Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyễn Xuân Cường. Mr Cường said export value reached $5.23 billion in the first half of this year, up 20% compared with the same period in 20
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New forwarders from John Deere

18 July 2019
John Deere’s new 910G and 1010G Forwarders provide loggers with ultra-comfortable cabs and a variety of boom, load space, axle and cabin options, and they can be customized for different worksites or operational needs. Source: Timberbiz “With the addition of the new 910G and 1010G For
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Canada steps up to processing locally to create jobs

18 July 2019
The Government of British Columbia in Canada is taking the first step toward ensuring that more logs are processed there, creating jobs for British Columbians by applying a new, targeted fee-in-lieu of manufacturing for exported logs harvested from a coastal BC Timber sales licence. S
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The 57th Australian Export Awards open to forestry

18 July 2019
Forestry exporters are invited to nominate for the awards to celebrate their contribution to Australia’s record exports and strongest ever trade surplus. This year there are 13 national awards categories including Agribusiness, Emerging Exporter, Sustainability, Manufacturing and Adva
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