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Dana conference moves out of China due to Coronavirus

03 February 2020
The worsening Coronavirus situation in China has forced DANA/GINGKO to relocate its forestry trade conference to Melbourne, Australia with organisers checking with all speakers to see if they are willing to come to Melbourne. The event was to be held in Shanghai, China from 16-22 Marc
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Paper mill provides heating for a city

30 January 2020
Excess heat from the industrial processes at Stora Enso’s Maxau paper mill in the south-west of Germany will be used to provide renewable, biomass-based district heating for the city of Karlsruhe. Source: Timberbiz A new, two-kilometre-long connection pipeline will transfer the heat f
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LIGNA 2021 to focus on woodworking, building processes and materials

30 January 2020
The organizers of LIGNA have announced the focus topics for next year’s event which will be running from 10 to 14 May 2021 and will focus on the digital transformation of the woodworking industry, prefabrication processes in timber construction and the bioeconomy. Source: Timber
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Metsa acquires sites for FSC certification service to members

30 January 2020
The Metsä Group has acquired nature sites that are used to compensate for the conservation areas required of forest owners by the FSC forest certification. The new service offered to owner-members ensures that the conservation required of forest estates belonging to the FSC forest cer
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Portal opens to track forestry in 70 countries

28 January 2020
The Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) launched a portal – the first such comprehensive platform – to track international capacity development support to developing countries in forest monitoring for climate action. Source: Timberbiz The portal – the GFOI I
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Canadian sawmills gain market share in China

28 January 2020
Softwood lumber imports in China during January-February 2019 totalled 3.82 million m³ (+16% compared with 2018). This is a new record and the seasonally adjusted trend line for the Chinese import of softwood lumber is increasing at a record high level according to Jenny Wessung, CEO
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India launches anti-dumping probe into newsprint

28 January 2020
Newsprint prices for imports from Australia, Canada, European Union, Hong Kong, Russia, Singapore and United Arab Emirates are below “selling price and non-injurious price for the domestic industry” claims the Indian Newsprint Manufacturers Association (INMA). Source: Euwi
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Sodra’s summer jobs

23 January 2020
Applications opened for 250 summer jobs at Södra in 2020 for anyone over the age of 18. Each year, Södra offers summer jobs throughout its operations in pulp mills, sawmills and in the forests. Both Sodra and Metsa open their doors annually to an intake for northern summer employees.
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Softree’s new cable harvesting software

23 January 2020
Softree Technical Systems a producer of forest road and engineering software, announced the release of RoadEng Version 9. This updated version offers a variety of new features for planning cable harvesting operations. Source: Timberbiz Cable harvest planning and analysis using RoadEng
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India’s booming furniture market drives demand for hardwood

23 January 2020
A booming furniture market is expected to drive up demand for American hardwoods in India this year, according to the American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC). With the total value of American hardwood lumber and veneer exports to India reaching USD 5.272 million in the first three qua
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