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Walk out over log prices
Hundreds of workers walked out at Carter Holt in Australia to protest at high log prices, which strikers believe are in danger of putting people out of work.
Hundreds of workers walked out at Carter Holt in Australia to protest at high log prices, which strikers believe are in danger of putting people out of work.
Australian illegal logging bill gets first stage approval
Australia’s House of Representatives has passed legislation to outlaw the importing of illegally-logged timber.
Australia’s House of Representatives has passed legislation to outlaw the importing of illegally-logged timber.
China sawlog imports fall
Chinese sawlog imports dipped 15% in the first half of 2012 due to its slowing economy, according to Wood Resource Quarterly.
Chinese sawlog imports dipped 15% in the first half of 2012 due to its slowing economy, according to Wood Resource Quarterly.
Gunns starts selling Green Triangle forests
Gunns has sold about half its stake in a forestry investment trust based in South Australia and Victoria for A$64m.
Gunns has sold about half its stake in a forestry investment trust based in South Australia and Victoria for A$64m.
Doubts over Australian illegal logging bill
Australia intends its anti-illegal logging bill to be the equivalent of the EU Timber Regulation and America’s Lacey Act – a means of minimising the risk of illegally harvested wood entering its market from both overseas and domestic sources.
Australia intends its anti-illegal logging bill to be the equivalent of the EU Timber Regulation and America’s Lacey Act – a means of minimising the risk of illegally harvested wood entering its market from both overseas and domestic sources.
NZ gears up for timber engineering conference
The World Conference on Timber Engineering is preparing to kick off in New Zealand.
The World Conference on Timber Engineering is preparing to kick off in New Zealand.
Work starts on CLT record breaker building
Lend Lease is aiming to break the cross-laminated timber (CLT) building records books by constructing the tallest CLT structure in the world in Australia.
Lend Lease is aiming to break the cross-laminated timber (CLT) building records books by constructing the tallest CLT structure in the world in Australia.
