Entries for NZ Wood-Resene Timber Design Awards close April 30
12 April 2018
New judges and new categories ensure the prestigious 2018 NZ Wood-Resene Timber Design Awards are even more exciting, says NZ Wood’s Promotion Manager Debbie Fergie. Source: Timberbiz Monday, April 30 is the last day to enter. “Entries are already coming in, but if we don’t have yours
Continue Reading →AFPA wants young forestry researchers for international innovation award
12 April 2018
The Australian Forest Products Association is calling all young researchers in forest-based sciences to put their hands up and apply for the Blue Sky Young Researchers Innovation Award. Source: Timberbiz These are prestigious awards and the winners will be announced in Canada in 2019.
Continue Reading →Softwood chip prices up 21% in February
12 April 2018
Australia’s woodchip exports totalled 580,785 bone dry metric tonnes (bdmt) in February 2018, with hardwood chips at 494,345 (bdmt). Softwood chips continued their recent strength, totalling 86,440 bdmt. Source: IndustryEdge, Timberbiz Latest data analysed for the Australian industry
Continue Reading →The RFA mess – who’s fallen asleep at the wheel
10 April 2018
Leonard Fenning has invested more than $50 million since buying an existing saw mill at Bairnsdale in Victoria’s East Gippsland about 20 years ago. By Philip Hopkins for Timberbiz “Fenning Timbers is one of the most modern hardwood saw mills in Australia,” said the company’s resource
Continue Reading →272 vessels shipped Aussie chips
10 April 2018
There were 272 separate vessel movements that shipped Australia’s woodchip exports in the year-ended February, with two vessels making the return trip eight times over the course of the year. Source: Industry Edge, Timberbiz Totalling more than 7.070 million bone dry metric tonnes (bd
Continue Reading →Security of supply
10 April 2018
Landscape-scale forest planning and security of supply are key demands of the Victorian forestry industry for the next generation of the 20-year regional forest agreements (RFAs). By Philip Hopkins for Timberbiz All five Victorian RFAs, which are to be finalised by March 2020, must re
Continue Reading →Hermal Group to announce site of $190m mill
04 April 2018
The site of a jobs-rich timber mill in the Burnie area is likely to be finalised soon. The Hermal Group aims to start construction of its $190 million plantation-based hardwood mill and manufacturing plant this year. Source: The Advocate The project is expected to create about 220 ong
Continue Reading →Top 5: Market Points from IndustryEdge
04 April 2018
The monthly sawn softwood imports have hit a new record in January 2018 – 71,319m3. 40% – loans for alterations and additions to existing homes rose over 2017, increasing building activity into 2018. $462.9 million – the value of Builders’ Joinery imports for the year-ended Janu
Continue Reading →OneFortyOne drops Tarpeena mill
03 April 2018
OneFortyOne has confirmed that it will not be undertaking any further investigation into a proposed greenfields particleboard mill at Tarpeena. Source: Timberbiz The decision not to proceed to the next stage follows two years of extensive work into the feasibility of such an investmen
Continue Reading →Federal Labor tucks into the RFAs
03 April 2018
Federal Labor is promising to revisit and fix any logging agreements with state governments that are not based on “proper, independent and full scientific assessments”. Source: The Guardian In a pledge that could have implications for the rollover of nine agreements due to expire in N
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