Good news and bad for forestry companies in New Zealand this week. The country’s highest ever trade surplus was announced on Monday. It blew economist’s predictions out of the water coming in NZ$500 million ahead [ More ] [ Read More ]
There were mixed messages out this week on the status of forestry and wood production in both NZ and Australia. In New Zealand, the logs just keep on moving. Another record month was racked up in March with over 1.3 [ More ] [ Read More ]
Tasmanian forestry operations have again been in the news this week – well, more so than normal. One of the major parties to negotiating the forestry deal for the State has just walked away from the table because of the [ More ] [ Read More ]
This week a new carbon trading platform was set up in New Zealand – the first on-line model of its type. It’s designed to be used by both buyers, major emitters looking to secure credits and also [ More ] [ Read More ]
Following the massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan on 11 March we’re including a longer than normal story this week from the International Wood Markets Group. The scale of the disaster wiped out all previous economic and wood demand [ More ] [ Read More ]
