About 400 tonnes of logs and a selection of sawn timber are up for auction on Saturday 24 November in Western Australia. The auction, for timber from the South West and Goldfields regions, will take place at the WA Forest Products Commission Harvey Mill. It will kick off at 10am. The

LineoTM by Stora Enso, a lignin-based product launched by the company earlier this year, has been awarded ‘Innovative Product Award 2018’ by the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE). Source: Timberbiz Shortlisted alongside products from a range of companies including Dow and Joh

In October, prices for softwood lumber in the US dropped 10.3% – the largest decline since May 2011, according to the Producer Price Index (PPI) release by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Source: Lesprom The producer price index for softwood lumber has fallen 21.2% since setting

In 2018, expectations are that the US housing market will build something less than 1.3 million dwellings. According to Forest2Market, [https://www.forest2market.com/] that will be the same for both 2019 and 2020, followed by softening in 2021, before growing to around 1.280 million d

Coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) has the potential to be a high-value timber crop. Its timber is attractive and its high stability and natural durability make it ideal for outdoor uses. There is strong local and international market for naturally durable timber that does not requi

Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA) expects to reach about 2.5 million people with its current campaign, which targets consumers in Bushfire-Prone Areas (BPAs) to improve their product knowledge and understanding of building safely with wood. Source: Timberbiz Designing to ‘buil

A world-first building information modelling program used by Hyne Timber on their glue laminated timber (GLT) range for the design and construction industry has won the coveted Richard Stanton Award for Excellence in 2018. Source: Timberbiz The award and trophy recognises the life of

New Zealand’s Supreme Court has ruled it is unlawful to export slabs of kauri as tabletops. For years, the Ministry for Primary Industries has allowed the controversial exports, maintaining they met the definition of finished or manufactured objects set out in the Forests Act. Source: