Both the Housing Industry Association (HIA) and Master Builders Australia (MBA) have just released reports on the gloomy forecasts for the Australian building and construction industry, particularly in the residential sector.
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International ForestIndustries |
12 years 9 months ago
Forest Talk |
12 years 9 months ago
It’s super strong, it’s green and it’s providing new opportunities for business in Alberta. It’s called nanocrystalline cellulose (NCC) and Alberta is about to become a leader in its production and study. A new Edmonton-based pilot facility will be the first in Canada to produce the quality of NCC...
Timber Community |
12 years 9 months ago
PwC release the Net Earnings Summary Q1 2011. The quarterly report is prepared by PwC from financial statements issued by the companies. The summary identifies trends in performance by comparing financial results with previous periods. Key highlights include: Canada: Most Canadian forest and...
International ForestIndustries |
12 years 9 months ago
The Brazilian computerised system for data recording in timber operations and trade called “Document of Forest Origin” (DOF) will be shared with other Latin American countries and also with South Africa, China and Russia according to the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Natural Resources (...
Wirtschaftsblatt |
12 years 9 months ago
Wien. „Sehr mitgenommen“ und wegen „vieler persönlicher Verbindungen direkt betroffen von der entsetzlichen Situation in Japan“ zeigen sich die Mitarbeiter in der Unternehmenszentrale der Holzindustrie Schweighofer in Wien. Das Unternehmen liefert einen beträchtlichen Teil der gesamten Produktion...
International ForestIndustries |
12 years 9 months ago
Wood costs, which account for up 70 percent of production costs when manufacturing pulp, have gone up worldwide the past two years, according to the market report Wood Resource Quarterly. The Global Wood Fiber Price Indices were back to pre-financial crises levels in the 1Q/11.
Paperindex Times |
12 years 10 months ago
Sweden,Jun 28, 2011 - SCA is acquiring 50 percent of the Turkish hygiene products company Komili from Yıldız Holding, which is the largest food group in Turkey. The purchase consideration corresponds to SEK 308m on a debt-free basis.
Timber Community |
12 years 10 months ago
Pulpwood prices in Western US were up almost 50 percent in 2Q/11 compared to 2Q/10, while wood prices were unchanged in the US South, reports the North American Wood Fiber Review. Wood costs for pulp mills in Western US have increased over the past 12 months, reaching their highest level since...
International Forestindustries |
12 years 10 months ago
Prices in the market for New Zealand radiata logs have moved downwards this month. Inventory levels in China have swelled. Record numbers of logs have entered Chinese ports in the past three to four months and more are expected to arrive as Russia and North America approach peak production. New...
Timber Community |
12 years 10 months ago
In the last quarter, the price decline that began in the first quarter continued reports Swedish sawmill company Bergs Timber in its interim report.
Press Release |
12 years 10 months ago
Copenhagen, Denmark, June 11, 2011 --(PR.com)-- Greenwood Management ApS, a Denmark-based sustainable forestry investment firm, has revealed that it is in the final stages of its project to grow Balsam and Fraser Fir trees in New Brunswick, Canada. The firm has “aligned activities in order to...
Paperindex Times |
12 years 10 months ago
Helsinki, Finland, Jun 29, 2011 - M-real Corporation, a part of Metsäliitto Group, has entered into an agreement to divest to UPM-Kymmene Corporation its 35% holding in Myllykoski Paper and the capital loan M-real has granted to Myllykoski Paper. Consequently M-real books in its 2Q 2011 result...
Timber Community |
12 years 10 months ago
Last year global demand for softwood lumber increased by more than 10 percent after having hit a 50-year low in 2009. The rise in demand has pushed lumber prices in North America, Asia and Europe to their highest levels in ten months, reports the WRQ.
Paper World News |
12 years 10 months ago
M-real Oyj has signed an agreement to divest the entire share capital in M-real Hallein GmbH to the Schweighofer Group. M-real Hallein GmbH assets consist of the Hallein pulp mill, bioenergy plant, paper mill closed in 2009 and the surrounding estate. The pulp mills annual capacity is...
International Forest Industries |
12 years 10 months ago
Available capacity and a favourable exchange rate has allowed North American exporters to compete strongly for market share in China. In the four months to April 2011, North America increased its market share to 18% from 7% a year ago. New Zealand’s market share increased from 25% to 28%. The...
International Forest Industries |
12 years 10 months ago
In late 2010, the Russian government announced it would reduce the log export tax if and when Russia joins the WTO. No specifics about the proposed reduction were provided by the Russian government, and no further information has been made public. What is the current status of the proposed export...
Friends of the Earth |
12 years 10 months ago
The Sydney Morning Herald |
12 years 10 months ago
THE reshaping of Tasmania's forests industry is set to reach a milestone with the sale of a strategic Gunns woodchip mill. Local buyers are believed to have paid about $10 million for the mill, a sale that Gunns said was contingent on ''satisfactory progress'' of a forest peace deal between...
ForestTalk |
12 years 10 months ago
The Miramichi region of New Brunswick was hit hard when the forestry sector collapsed. For a time last year, there wasn’t a single mill left operating on the Miramichi. Here is the current state of the Miramichi mills: UPM-Kymmene mill This was Miramichi’s biggest mill operation. UPM-...