The groundwork has been laid for an upswing in the forestry and related sectors, including the pulp, paper, and timber industries. Started before the Covid-19 lockdown, the detailed and ambitious... read more →
Ugandan group Ambiance has leapt into the timber treatment market with zeal and a thorough commitment to quality. After buying a plantation late last year, the company sought our advice... read more →
The revised standards governing timber treatment in South Africa have been published, and certification bodies will now verify treatment plants against the new standards. It will take time for the... read more →
South Africans have always been good at adapting, innovating, and surviving crises such as the Covid-19 pandemic, as we have a better survival mindset and skill set than many other... read more →
Key ingredients for economic success are a compliant society and coherent, ethical national leadership, says leading economist Dr Iraj Abedian, founder and chief executive of Pan-African Capital Holdings. In an... read more →
The government should start acting in the interests of our country rather than the ruling ANC party, and do far more to support business – which regularly pays billions in... read more →
Dolphin Bay and most of our customers are seeing sales volumes return to pre-Covid-19 levels – a recovery better than we had anticipated following the Stage 5 lockdown that forced... read more →
In this story, our chemist Franske Stenden outlines the rigorous process of quality assurance that ensures our CCA timber preservative satisfies local and international standards. The result is that our... read more →
It’s a difficult time to enter most markets, but that is not how Charles Anderson and his son Phillip of Patula Sawmills see things. When the Andersons asked Dolphin Bay... read more →
There is only one species that scientists call biologically immortal: a small jellyfish found in oceans around the world that, when under threat, can turn back its biological clock. When... read more →
