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Tests of self-driving truck transporting woodchips

13 March 2021
Stora Enso began testing a self-driving truck for the transport of wood chips at its Uimaharju pulp and sawmill in Finland one year ago. With the help of this driverless vehicle, it can be established how much automated transport can reduce emissions and improve safety. The truck’s si
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China takes our chips but not our wood

13 March 2021
Australia is bracing for a drawn-out disruption to its A$1.6 billion annual timber trade with China after requests to Beijing’s customs officials to resume the log exports were ignored, two sources told Reuters. Sources: Reuters, Timberbiz, Nasdaq The four-million-tonne log timb
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Euro Wood4Bauhaus movement virtual conference

12 March 2021
In a call for a New European Bauhaus movement, EC President Ursula von der Leyen has proposed that wood can play a key role in transforming the built environment into a carbon sink. Source: Timberbiz Central to her thinking is Professor Hans-Joachim Schellnhuber of the Potsdam-Institu
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A million hectares of Papuan forest licensed for clearing

12 March 2021
In Sorong, a district in Indonesia’s eastern-most region of Papua, deforestation is unfolding. Indonesia’s commodities boom of recent decades razed much of the forests on the western islands of Sumatra and Borneo. Now, those same industries are moving into Papua. Sources: Timberbiz, M
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New features on Tigercat logger for work and comfort

12 March 2021
The no-compromise Tigercat 875E logger introduces several new features, including an updated operator station, two undercarriage options, and various grapple configurations to tailor the machine to your specific needs. Source: Timberbiz The 875E logger is a multi-purpose carrier with
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Australia increases imports of American hardwoods

12 March 2021
There was been a significant growth in exports of US hardwood lumber to Australia in 2020. The increase in volume of hardwood lumber totalled 11% YOY. The most popular species, American white oak, saw a 3% increase to 17,035 cubic metres but American red oak figures reveal a remarkabl
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First industrial scale CLT plant opens in Russia

10 March 2021
Segezha Group President Mikhail Shamolin visited Sokol in Vologda Oblast to oversee the grand opening of Segezha Group’s cross-laminated timber (CLT) plant. The plant is the first industrial-scale production facility to manufacture the innovative building construction material. Source
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Four oaks felled to rebuild Notre Dame

10 March 2021
Four French oaks that have been standing for hundreds of years in a once-royal forest now have a sacred destiny. Felled in the Loire region’s Forest of Berce, they have been selected to reconstruct Notre Dame cathedral’s fallen spire. Source: Sydney Morning Herald The 93-metre-high sp
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Response to why are tree growers miserable in the US

10 March 2021
A recent article published in the Wall Street Journal was a great example of how Forest Landowners Association US (FLA) is working to ensure the right narrative is being told about forest landowners managing their land for the nation’s domestic timber supply and their need to be econo
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Figures show log exports hit hard by China ban

10 March 2021
Australia’s log exports totalled 218 km3 in January 2021, down 9.5% on a year earlier as Chinese import bans continued to impact the trade. The result would have been even lower had it not been for shipments to India rising steeply in January. Source: IndustryEdge However, trade with
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