Dahlsen’s has sold its Sebastopol site to Ballarat-based business G Gay and Co Hardware for $7.25 million. Source: The Courier

Kiwi homes are being wrapped with plywood containing an arsenic treatment banned in several overseas countries because of toxicity concerns. Sources: Stuff.co.nz, Fairfax NZ News

US company Hancock Timber Resources Group and three Canadian superannuation funds are believed to have entered talks with receivers about a potential purchase of 200,000ha owned by Tasmanian timber company Gunns, which is expected to sell for more than $400 million when it goes to mar

A timber industry reeling from the liquidation of Rotorua-based sawmill Tachikawa Forest Products faces the possibility that a Government tender will lead to thousands of Chinese-built, pre-fabricated, steelframed houses flooding the Auckland market. Sources: Stuff.co.nz, Fairfax NZ M

Doug Bradley will visit Victoria and Tasmania for discussions on biomass and is keen to meet with people in the biomass supply area. Source: Timberbiz

The Institute of Foresters of Australia in conjunction with forest industry specialists Pöyry Management Consulting Australia will launch a revised version of its ‘Standard for Valuing Commercial Forests in Australia’ at a seminar in Melbourne on Friday November 8. Source: Timberbiz

AFS Ltd reminds stakeholders that the public consultation period for the revised draft Australian Standard for Chain of custody of forest products (AS4707) closes on Friday 8 November 2013. Source: Timberbiz

The 2013 Printing & Communication Papers Market Outlook Forum is on November 28 at Bayview on the Park in Melbourne. Source: Timberbiz