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Sumitomo Forestry and Kyoto Uni developing wooden satellites

04 January 2021
Sumitomo Forestry and Kyoto University have joined forces to develop what they hope will be the world’s first satellites made out of wood by 2023. Sources: BBC News, SYFY Wire, Timberbiz “We are very concerned with the fact that all the satellites which re-enter the Earth&
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India could take up the log slack from China ban

04 January 2021
Gary Addison had been planning to send $3 million worth of logs to China, but amid growing trade tensions with Beijing he has set his sights on India as a new market. Australian company Varied was set to export 20,000 tonnes of wood to China, but the shipment was put on hold at the fi
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ABB upgrades moisture meters with new features for paper mills

18 December 2020
ABB has upgraded its L&W Felt Moisture and Felt Permeability Meters with new software, unlocking new features that improve their value for paper mill customers as a key process measurement solution to optimize press section performance. Source: Timberbiz These instruments provide
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Canada provides financial relief to forestry for operating through COVID

18 December 2020
British Columbia, Canada is delivering relief to small and medium sized forestry businesses for the extra costs of keeping their employees and communities safe, while operating through the COVID-19 pandemic. Source: Timberbiz “Our government worked with forest contractors to plant 300
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Seppi releases new forestry tiller with operator advantages

16 December 2020
The Seppi Supersoil 2-speed Powershift is the newest version of the company’s forestry tiller and stone crusher. It is able to crush stones up to 50cm in diameter, grind big stumps and till the soil up to 30cm deep in the ground. It is used for land preparation for agriculture, to imp
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Danish timber car park to be its largest wooden structure

16 December 2020
In the Danish south-harbour neighbourhood of Aarhus a new timber parking house will play an active role in the development of the future district. This could become Denmark’s largest wooden construction and will contribute to reaching Denmark’s goal to become climate neutral in 2050.
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Licence revoked for Papua mill linked to deforestation and corruption

16 December 2020
A major sawmill operation linked to widespread deforestation and corruption in Indonesia has had its legality certification revoked by the licensing authority over allegations of a forged permit, meaning it will not be allowed to export any wood products. Source: Mongabay Operator PT
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Canada’s spend of $3b for 2 billion trees endorses Australian action

16 December 2020
Canada says it is a plan for meeting its climate change targets, as well as increasing the renewable resource used by the enormous Canadian timber sawmilling and processing industry. Source: Timberbiz Natural Resources Minister Seamus O’Regan made the funding announcement Monday at a
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Despite poor 2020 tropical timber market is set to rebound

14 December 2020
The pandemic and worldwide lockdowns may have detrimentally affected the tropical timber market in 2020, but in 2021 the market is projected to rebound back and even above pre-pandemic levels. That was the sentiment from the TTF Tropical Timber Market Webinar that brought together spe
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US duty on antidumping hardwood from China

14 December 2020
The US Department of Commerce announced affirmative final antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) circumvention rulings involving exports of hardwood plywood products from China, finding that hardwood and decorative plywood with veneers made of certain types of softwood (r
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