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Latest timber industry news, updated on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

Chipping in at Macquarie Wharf

The Tasmanian State Government has confirmed Macquarie Wharf will replace Triabunna as the South’s major forestry export port, edging closer to a solution for the forest industry’s residues problem. Source: The Mercury A Government spokesman said between 250,000 to 300,000 tonnes of f
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European Study Tour

Following the success of last year’s WoodSolutions European Study Tour, Forest & Wood Products Australia (FWPA) is calling for expressions of interest to attend a similar tour in 2016. Source: Timberbiz And can be configured to include the 2016 World Conference on Timber Engineeri
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Centre for Future Timber Structures Opens

Minister Leanne Donaldson MP, Professors Simon Biggs, and Professor Jose Torero at UQ’s Advance Engineering Building officially opened the Centre for Future Timber Structures on 12 July 2016. Source: Timberbiz The University of Queensland has teamed up with the Department of Agricultu
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Better opportunities needed for Chinese women in forestry

A new study looks at the status of women in China’s forest sector reform and highlights the need to integrate the gender perspective in the reform policies in order to improve women’s access to forestland rights and participation in decision making. Source: World Bank According to the
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Metsa benefits from Brexit

Finnish forestry companies such as the Metsä Group are benefiting from the exchange rate turbulence following Brexit, Britain’s referendum decision to leave the EU. Source: UUTISET The news comes as a surprise as many Finnish companies were forecast to suffer financially followi
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Australia could fly on Eucalyptus

Australia’s economy may have ridden on the sheep’s back but the colonies’ first export was actually Eucalyptus oil. From a small batch of oil distilled from Sydney peppermint gum sent to England by First Fleet Surgeon-General John White, an industry grew around the use of the oil for
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Tim the timberman

The emergence of television programs such as Grand Designs and The Block have done no end of good for Tim O’Callaghan’s business by encouraging more people to use beautiful old timbers. Source: Adelaide Now Mr O’Callaghan’s passion for timber started in the early 1990s when he rebuilt
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NZ log prices drop

The average wharf gate price for New Zealand A-grade logs dropped to NZ$116 in June, from NZ$120 a tonne in May, according to AgriHQ’s monthly survey of exporters, forest owners and saw millers. Source: Forestry Expo That’s the lowest level since January’s NZ$115 a t
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