Matariki Forests announced on 19 February that it has completed the investment by Phaunos Timber Fund Limited in the Matariki Forestry Group.

Top bidding for Forestry Plantations Queensland Bloomberg reported last week that U.S.-based Hancock Natural Resource Group Inc., Global Forest Partners LP and Rayonier Inc. are among the top international contenders submitting bids for a 99-year lease to manage 210,000 hectares of plantations from Forestry Plantations Queensland.

Gunns Ltd’s first half profit slumped 98 per cent as the woodchipper moves to restructure its operations and secure long-awaited funding for its controversial Bell Bay pulp mill reports Business Spectator.

Rising commodity prices are spurring new interest by Asian forestry giant Sinar Mas in the shuttered Mackenzie pulp mill reports Gordon Hamilton, Vancouver Sun. Tanner Elton head of the Mackenzie Pulp Mill Development Corp., said last week that talks are taking place with Sinar Mas, the parent company of Asia Pulp & Paper, to purchase […]

Mitsubishi Corporation and Weyerhaeuser Company have announced that the two companies signed a Strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to explore the possibilities of collaborating in the biomass-to-energy business reports Friday Off Cuts.

Financing future forestry growth is the focus for a new forestry conference which is drawing a wide audience from both the finance sector and many new participants in the industry. reports Friday off cuts.”Many people in both the finance industry and the investment sector are waking up to the real opportunities which are happening now […]