Australasia

Title Published Date
Australian woodchip mill resuming operations despite bushfire devastation

The company lost many of its assets due to the blazes

 20 Jan 2020
Australia’s timber industry hampered by bushfires

Both native forests and plantation timber have been destroyed

 10 Jan 2020
Cadbury trials new paper packaging in New Zealand

The company will be testing the durability and effectiveness of the paper

 27 Dec 2019
New Forests appoints new property manager for Wairarapa and Southland estates

The appointee has taken on the role early in December 2019

 10 Dec 2019
Parkside Timber acquires two mills in Western Australia

The company wants to reopen a processing center and invest in new equipment

 3 Dec 2019
New Zealand funds bio-plastics research in forestry sector

The funds will be used to help set up a trial facility for this type of materials

 27 Nov 2019
New Zealand’s log prices decline as Chinese demand tumbles

Domestic and export log prices fell year-on-year in the September quarter

 19 Nov 2019
Australian government extends timber harvesting permits

After the date, the harvest of native forest is expected to be prohibited

11 Nov 2019
Australia’s Victoria government launches new long-term plan for forestry industry

The government is requiring the end of logging in old-growth forests

 8 Nov 2019
Uniqlo to launch new paper bags at Australian locations

The company’s initiatives coincides with a ban on single-use plastic shopping bags

 5 Nov 2019
Nippon Paper looking for new deals after acquisition of Orora

The company seeks to continue its expansion

 14 Oct 2019
Nippon Paper Group acquires assets in Australia and New Zealand

The transaction is expected to be complete before March 2020

 11 Oct 2019
Australian company producing paper from stone

The company uses construction waste as a raw material

 10 Oct 2019
Australia’s woodchip industry hit by US-China trade war

Several woodchip shipments to China were cancelled

 9 Oct 2019
Norske Skog to close and sell Albury mill

The company will be selling the Australian mill in order to offset its losses

 3 Oct 2019
Resource Management Service’s proposed forestry assets sales raises competition concerns

One of the proposed bidders’ market share could affect the overall regional price

 27 Sep 2019
Weak sales to China pressure New Zealand's log trade

The outlook remains gloomy

 17 Sep 2019
NSW government mulls privatization of softwood forests

"NSW is the only state left in Australia still running a softwood plantation of significant scale"

 29 Aug 2019
OneFortyOne and Port Marlborough sign agreement to boost log exports

The expansion of the Kaituna Sawmill could help develop new wood chip markets

 28 Aug 2019
Amcor becomes founding member in ecommerce alliance in China

At $1,300 billion in 2018, China's ecommerce market is forecast to grow 18% per year

 28 Aug 2019
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