09th January 2017

NCT’s small-scale growers visit Richards Bay Woodchips mill

NCT’s Richards Bay Woodchips hosted a field day for small-scale growers from the Zululand region, as the mill gears up

17th November 2016

R & B Group steps up a level in treated pole business

The recent acquisition of the Masonite Plantations by the R & B Group has boosted this family-owned business’ raw material

21st October 2016

Wood-Mizer TITAN wideband sawmilling product range announced

Wood-Mizer Holdings is proud to announce that it has acquired the wideband sawmill equipment range of South Africa-based Multisaw, which

18th October 2016

Green energy innovations at MTO

MTO Forestry has embarked on exciting renewable energy projects that will bring benefits for the company, its partners – and

19th September 2016

Forestry the backbone of development in rural KZN

Forestry, farming, eco-tourism, sawmilling, training … The pioneering Umgano Community Initiative, built on a solid foundation of forestry, has progressed

05th September 2016

Masonite mill set for revamp

It’s the start of a new era at the Masonite mill as the new owners set out to modernise production

16th August 2016

New LX100 sawmill for heavy use released

The LX100 is the first in a new line of Wood-Mizer sawmills, completely redesigned from the ground up based on

26th May 2016

Shareholders, Creditors approve Masonite sale

The Creditors and Shareholders of Masonite Africa Ltd have agreed to the sale of the company’s forestry assets as well

24th May 2016

Wood-Mizer Ghana powers ahead

Building Ghana’s timber economy, plank by plank … Gyadosaboc Ltd, Wood-Mizer Africa’s official dealer in Ghana, is the most dynamic

24th March 2016

Logs to lumber video

This amazing footage takes you on an aerial journey through the complete sawmilling process at the Colville mill in Washington,

11th March 2016

Wood-Mizer’s Nelspruit Branch opens doors to public

Wood-Mizer, the world’s leading manufacturer and supplier of thin kerf narrow bandsaw sawmilling equipment now has a branch in Nelspruit.

12th January 2015

Using moist Eucalyptus for structural timber

An innovative Tzaneen entrepreneur has developed a method of using moist Eucalyptus timber to produce structural timber at competitive prices.

20th September 2014

Umgano Sawmill taking shape

The Mabandla community of southern KwaZulu-Natal, one of the pioneers of community-owned forestry in South Africa, is taking their timber

11th July 2014

Cape timber supplies on a short fuse

Time is running out for the government to find a way to implement a Cabinet decision taken six years ago

30th March 2014

Furniture factory utilises unwanted timber to create jobs

The Garden Route National Park boasts a furniture factory with a difference. Unmarketable gum trees left in clearfelled State plantations

14th December 2013

Slow decline of indigenous timber industry

Southern Cape indigenous timber industry – are we witnessing the end of an era? by Theo Stehle / Email: stehletheo@gmail.com

06th November 2013

Reliable old saw comes back from retirement

Weekend farmer Dave Wibberley needed to fell 200 trees, but had limited access for large transport to move the logs

31st December 2010

Pellet plant raises ‘green’ opportunities in South Africa

There are power plants and heating plants in Europe running on 'green' fuel shipped all the way from South Africa.

31st August 2010

Benefits of thin kerf sawmilling

'Kerf' is the thickness of the cut a saw blade makes as it passes through wood fibre when lumber is

30th June 2010

Emerging sawmillers on the rise

With a secure supply of roundwood, the Hamann brothers are quietly building an integrated timber business in southern KZN and

30th June 2010

Elegant Line: risen from the ashes

Elegant Line is a striking example of a sawmill that has come through a restart and clawed its way back

31st December 2009

Rebuilt Spitzkop sawmill excels

If ever there was an advertisement for what an ideal sawmill should look like, it would be Spitzkop. Planned and

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