Are there opportunities to invest in processing forest products?
There are an increasing number of Growers seeking buyers for their Blue Gum pulpwood resource and/or investors interested in processing the timber locally. The current uncommitted resource will increase to approximately 2 million cubic metres per annum from around 2008. Opportunities for industrial development are being seriously sought. In the revised URS pulpmill study completed for the Office of Major Projects in 2002, Plantagenet is suggested as the most cost effective region to site a kraft pulpmill. Investment is being sought for an Engineered Strand Lumber Plant on Mirambeena Industrial Park at at Albany and there has been much interest in the waste biomass for a Renewable Energy plant to produce electricity. Initial enquiries may be directed to Timber 2020, the Dept of Resources Development or the Great Southern Development Commission. Several reports have been prepared which outline the opportunities for forest products industries in the region. Timber 2020 commissioned the ‘G
