Forest Products Industry

Simon Dorries, chief executive of the EWPAA, believes it’s time for him to try and make a difference in the political field and will be standing as a CanDo Candidate for seat of Woodridge in Queensland’s State elections on 24 March.

China is now the world’s largest importer of softwood logs and lumber, as reported by Wood Resources International. The importance of China to forestry’s export earnings will be a key focus at the Future Forestry Finance conference series.

Following 21 years as the major Australian forests and timber industry magazine and in line with current publishing trends, Australian Forests & Timber News is now available in both print and online on the forest and timber industries’ leading web portal, www.timberbiz.com.au.

The 66th Appita Conference & Exhibition, will be held 15 - 18 April, at Melbourne Park, Melbourne.

An internationally renowned, award winning space scientist will be speaking at the AUSTimber 2012 Forestworks’ conference in Mount Gambier, 29 March 2012.

Tasmanian Premier Lara Giddings has been taken to task for her seeming lack of action over attacks on Ta Ann.

By Senator Richard Colbeck When is enough enough? An Interim Conservation Agreement was signed last month between the State and Commonwealth Governments and didn't it produce a commotion!

By Bob Gordon Managing Director, Forestry Tasmania I note the Tasmanian Government's decision to release the first stage of the Strategic Review of Forestry Tasmania by consultants URS. Given that the timber industry in Tasmania is in the grip of a crisis, solutions can only be found if clear factual information is made readily available to the Tasmanian community, and it is my sincere hope the release of this report will go some way to achieving that outcome. I will not pretend that I agree completely with every line of the report, but in general terms it provides a useful synopsis of the challenges facing Forestry Tasmania and the wider Tasmanian timber industry.

Limited Edition Poster to be Distributed at Boston's HOW Design Conference in June

[Business Wire] - Pope Resources announced today a quarterly distribution of $0.35 per unit, effective for unitholders of record on March 15, 2012 and payable on March 29, 2012.

[Business Wire] - Pope Resources reported net income attributable to unitholders of $2.3 million, or $0.52 per diluted ownership unit, on revenue of $17.8 million for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2011.

Paper and packaging group Sappi said on Wednesday that its chemical cellulose business, which accounts for most of its operating profit in Southern Africa, continued to perform strongly, helped by a weaker rand/dollar exchange rate. The business is based on dollar chemical cellulose prices, which makes the rand price of its sales sensitive to exchange movements.

(Sweden)Georgia-Pacific´s acceptance of SCA's binding offer follows consultations with appropriate works councils. As a result, a sales and purchase agreement has been signed by both parties...

(Norway)Norske Skog improved gross operating earnings in the fourth quarter, partly due to lower costs...

(SOUTH AFRICA)Profit for the period US$45 million; Q1 2011 US$37 million...

(USA)Oasis Brands has issued an open invitation to leading US grocery chains to participate in an independent sustainability audit of the key tissue products it supplies to the US market from Indonesia...

(Japan)Rengo Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Kita-ku, Osaka; President & CEO: Kiyoshi Otsubo) announces that it has recently completed a biomass incineration facility at its Tonegawa Division...

(Russia)In 2011 Ilim Group locations in Siberia and in the Northwest of Russia manufactured 2,602,000 tons of pulp and paper products, which is a 4% increase...

(CANADA)Canfor Pulp Products Inc. (CPPI) (TSX: CFX) today announced its fourth quarter and full year 2011 results as well as the results of Canfor Pulp Limited Partnership (the Partnership) in which CPPI has a 49.8% ownership...

(Sweden)Ola Hildingsson has been elected as a new member of the Board of Directors at Södra Cell...