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Metsa mill investments worth EUR 2b in pipeline

30 April 2019
Metsä Fibre has finalized its Kemi pulp mill related prefeasibility study, launched in May 2018. The study included two alternatives: Building a totally new bioproduct mill that would be clearly bigger in size than the current Kemi pulp mill or alternatively extending the life cycle o
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Vietnam forestry’s strong show in exports for 2019

30 April 2019
Vietnam’s forestry industry showed a strong increase in export value in the first four months of the year, according to the Vietnam Forestry Administration. Forestry exports were estimated to have hit US$3.3 billion in the period, a year-on-year increase of 17.8%, including US$875 mil
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Expansion of regional wage subsidies for apprentices welcomed

30 April 2019
The $60 million expansion of the Apprentice Wage Subsidy for rural and regional Australia announced by the Prime Minister on 26 April is strongly supported by Master Builders Australia. Source: Timberbiz “The doubling in the number of participants from around 1600 to around 3200 is go
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AFPA Viewa app to target pre-election information

30 April 2019
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA), is partnering with augmented reality App ‘Viewa’ as part of the Growing Your Future Federal Election Campaign after AFPA launched Growing Your Future, a campaign targeted at planting more timber production trees in the right places an
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NZ Outlook for Primary Industries report released

30 April 2019
The New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries has published its report Situation and Outlook for Primary Industries (March 2019). Within the report, it states that forestry revenue is forecast to reach NZ$6.8 billion for the year ending June 2019, an increase of 7.0% from 2018, base
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Development of AP waste plant to start

30 April 2019
Australian Paper and its partner SUEZ are moving to the development phase of their $600 million energy-from-waste plant after a two-year detailed study backed the project at AP’s Latrobe Valley paper mill. The $7.5 million Energy from Waste feasibility study, co-funded by the Victoria
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RDO Equipment has job opportunities open in Australia

30 April 2019
RDO Equipment, one of the largest John Deere dealers in the world, is upskilling employees and recruiting new team members ahead of launching as John Deere’s Construction and Forestry dealer in all Australian states apart from Western Australia on 1 May 2019. Source: Timberbiz RDO was
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TRP and allocations released but scant as Greens pull government strings

30 April 2019
The Andrews Government’s development of new timber plantations and native forest allocations has been strongly criticised as inadequate, and as also undermining both the Regional Forest Agreement process and private investment in plantations. The Government announced last week that 55
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Apple invests in Colombian forest

23 April 2019
The fishing community of Cispatá Bay on the coast of Colombia might seem like the unlikely site of an investment for Apple. But the tech giant, which is funding the protection of a 27,000-acre mangrove forest in the area, sees it as a strategic part of its fight to mitigate climate ch
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US to plant five million trees in 2019

23 April 2019
Wildfire, insect infestation, disease, and severe weather have degraded hundreds of thousands of acres of National Forest land in the US. The damage has destroyed wildlife habitat, impaired watersheds, stressed drinking water sources, degraded places people recreate, and compromised t
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