Plans by Peel Environmental to develop a GBP 65 million ($99.5 million) waste wood gasification facility at the site of the former Houghton Main Colliery in Barnsley have been given the green light by Barnsley Council Members of the council’s Planning Board voted to approve the proposals, which will see a Timber Resource Recovery Centre[…]
Timber transport on steep and slippery forest tracks hauling gross weights of 74 tonnes imposes immense demands on the timber rig’s drive properties. That is why Volvo is testing hydraulic front-wheel drive on one of the trucks in the ETT – ‘En Trave Till’ (One More Pile) timber haulage project. “We can already see major[…]
ScanMeg, with input from some of its customers, has developed a secret weapon against downtime on canter lines that you can employ to increase throughput by 3 to 5% by spending pocket change. You don’t have to send budgets to the Board of Directors for approval to get an instant payback simply for redeploying your[…]
MOSCOW – Deere & Company officially opened its new manufacturing and parts distribution facility south of Moscow today in Domodedovo. The John Deere Domodedovo facility is the company’s largest single investment to date in Russia. The facility will manufacture agricultural, construction and forestry machinery as well as distribute service parts in the region. “Russia has[…]
The worst is almost over for the North American softwood lumber market as improving demand in 2010 is expected to breathe some life back into a beaten up industry. (according to Source: International WOOD Markets Group)
The decision by EU to use a minimum of 20% renewable energy by 2020 has driven a rapid increase in wood pellet production in Europe. Sweden, Germany, Denmark and the UK are expected to have the fastest growth in consumption the coming 10 years, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly.
13-Aug-09 Reuters Dhaka – The United States and Germany have agreed to donate $19 million for the reforestation of a Bangladesh wildlife sanctuary under a global climate change mitigation project, the U.S. embassy said on Wednesday.
Michael J. Mack, Jr., the new president of John Deere’s Worldwide Construction & Forestry Division, has prepared for this leadership position through a variety of assignments at Deere in finance, engineering, marketing and operations.Mack said he is looking forward to leading the Worldwide Construction & Forestry Division, adding that he’s been impressed with the division’s[…]
A profitable rainforest – From Economist.com – May 18th 2009 A MOST unusual document landed on your correspondent’s desk recently: a financial report from a rainforest. Iwokrama, a 370,000hectare rainforest in central Guyana, announced that it was in profit. It added, more intriguingly, that rainforests had entered the “global economy”. Iwokrama is part of the largest[…]
A sign of strength for the entire forest industry Elmia Wood 2009 has declared its show was a sign of strength in two ways. Firstly, for the forest industry, which glimpsed the start of an economic turnaround. And secondly, for Elmia Wood itself as the meeting place for forestry professionals from around the world. “It’s[…]