An audience of nearly 800 people witnessed CBD Contracting Group Pty Ltd receive the award for Master Builder of the Year. Source: Timberbiz CBD’s winning project, a robust, geometric home in Brighton, stands in high contrast to many of the traditionally-styled houses that surround it

Mercer International has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the Santanol Group, which owns and leases approximately 2500 hectares of existing Indian sandalwood plantations and a processing and extraction plant in North West Australia. Source: Timberbiz The prop

New Zealand Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage has announced that the Department of Conservation (DOC) will close 21 tracks across kauri land to help prevent the spread of kauri dieback. Source: Timberbiz An additional 10 tracks will also be partially closed and the open sections upgr

Progress continues on the plan to build on the achievements of Australia’s forestry industries and secure the economic and social well being of regional communities across the country. Source: Timberbiz Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources Senator Richard Colbeck co-

Australia’s exports of hardwood logs were within their normal range in August, at 64,752 m3, but the prominence of supplies to China was again on display, accounting for 98.7% of the total. The return of China’s near absolute dominance came after shipments to Malaysia slumped back, ha

Landscape planning for native forest harvesting, a guaranteed timber supply, no protesters allowed in coupes, no Great Forest National Park – that was the forestry. Source: Philip Hopkins for Timberbiz Mr Walsh, who is the Opposition spokesman on agriculture and forestry, was addressi

A leading Andrews Government minister, Philip Dalidakis, vowed to the Victorian forestry industry on Friday night that he would boycott Bunnings and Officeworks if they refused to sell Victorian forestry products. Source: Philip Hopkins for Timberbiz “As far as I am aware, I’m the onl

Metsa Wood’s new Pärnu birch plywood mill was an investment worth EUR 55 million. It enables Metsä Wood to respond to the growing demand for birch plywood in the global market. Source: Timberbiz For Metsä Wood, the Pärnu mill is a strategically important investment in birch plywood sp