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French government to require 50% timber in all new public buildings from 2022
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French government to require 50% timber in all new public buildings from 2022
February 14, 2020

The government of France is set to require that all new public buildings must be made at least 50% from wood or other sustainable materials from 2022 as it pushes for sustainable urban development. The local government in Paris had already pledged a greater use of natural materials such as wood, straw and hemp, and[…]

AU$20 million Hydrogen Transition Centre announced
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AU$20 million Hydrogen Transition Centre announced
February 7, 2020

Deakin University has announced it will pioneer an Australian first Hydrogen Transition Centre to help fuel cleaner, low emissions trucks in Victoria. The centre to be established at Deakin’s Warrnambool campus in the state’s southwest, will partner with industry on the AU$20 million research and industry testing site according to Deakin Vice-Chancellor Professor Iain Martin.[…]

Russia now largest exporter of softwood lumber
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Russia now largest exporter of softwood lumber
February 7, 2020

Russia has surpassed Canada to become the world’s largest exporter of softwood lumber, and was on track to ship almost 32 million m3 of lumber in 2019 (23% of globally traded lumber in 2019), reports the Wood Resource Quarterly in its latest issue. Global trade of softwood lumber slowed in the 3Q/19 but was still[…]

NZ forest owners wary of closing access
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NZ forest owners wary of closing access
February 7, 2020

New Zealand log exporters are bracing themselves for supply chain problems in China due to the outbreak of coronavirus. Some forest owners are already reducing their harvesting rate. Regrettably this will have an immediate effect on harvesting crew employment. The New Zealand Forest Owners Association says that the extended Lunar New Year public holiday makes[…]

Analysis – what’s happening in China?
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Analysis – what’s happening in China?
February 7, 2020

Included in this week’s issue is a media release put out on Monday by FOA and the Forest Industry Contractors Association on the impact of the Chinese market and ripple effects being felt by the forestry industry and contractors in New Zealand. In addition to the information in the press release, they’ve included additional market[…]

Australia – Hyne Timber Tumbarumba back up and running
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Australia – Hyne Timber Tumbarumba back up and running
February 5, 2020

As recovery gets underway for the Tumbarumba region, NSW, the Hyne Timber Mill is back up and running, despatching truckloads of timber, thanks to the many volunteers and emergency services who protected it throughout the bushfire crisis. A number of team members from Queensland have been deployed to Tumbarumba to assist with the Mill’s recommencement[…]

Coronavirus outbreak in China snuffs out NZ forestry recovery
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Coronavirus outbreak in China snuffs out NZ forestry recovery
February 5, 2020

By: Jamie Gray Business reporter, NZ Herald jamie.gray@nzherald.co.nz    @JamieGrayNZ   Late last year, New Zealand log prices in China were improving, restoring a little confidence to the sector. But the virus outbreak has again seen logs start to pile up on Chinese wharves as economic activity looks certain to slow in response to the[…]

Metsä Fibre’s Nordic Timber sawn timber is now called Metsä
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Metsä Fibre’s Nordic Timber sawn timber is now called Metsä
February 5, 2020

Metsä Fibre, part of Metsä Group, is renewing its sawn timber product brand. The previously used Nordic Timber name will be replaced by Metsä brand in all sawn timber products, and at the same time, the company is renewing its sawn timber shipping marks and packaging to respond to the brand update. “We want to[…]

Stora Enso’s mill to provide renewable district heating in Germany
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Stora Enso’s mill to provide renewable district heating in Germany
February 5, 2020

Excess heat from the industrial processes at Stora Enso’s Maxau paper mill in Germany, will be used to provide renewable, biomass-based district heating for the city of Karlsruhe. A new, approximately two-kilometre-long connection pipeline will transfer the heat from the mill to an existing pipeline that links up the local refinery with the municipal heating[…]

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