News – Kangaroo Island Plantation Timbers LTD

Mitsui signs up for KI timber port operations

17 September 2018

International infrastructure and timber marketing group Mitsui expects to build and operate the woodchip handling facilities at the proposed KI Seaport, under an agreement signed today with Kangaroo Island Plantation… Continue reading

A billion new trees

14 September 2018

Kangaroo Island Plantation Timbers welcomes the release of the National Forest Industries Plan by the Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, Senator Richard Colbeck. Several initiatives in the Plan… Continue reading

Annual report highlights sound finances and recent achievements

13 September 2018

The Company’s recent annual report was issued this week, without any qualification or emphasis of matter from the auditor, due to a conservative approach to biological asset valuation, strong cash… Continue reading

Woodchip supply shortfall looms

23 August 2018

In his recent Quarterly Letter to Shareholders, Managing Director John Sergeant looked at the demand and supply equation for bluegum woodchips for pulp mills in Asia. A recent edition of… Continue reading

Wool clips, wood chips and hungry mills…

1 August 2018

In his quarterly letter to shareholders, MD John Sergeant takes a strategic look at timber/forestry as an investment class. He also discusses the market for timber products and why KIPT… Continue reading

Plantation timber accredited under international scheme

20 July 2018

Kangaroo Island Plantation Timbers is pleased to announce that, following a recent independent audit, the Company’s timber plantations have now been accredited under the Forestry Stewardship Council scheme. FSC® certification means that… Continue reading

Update on progress of Kangaroo Island Seaport

10 July 2018

Kangaroo Island Plantation Timbers (KIPT) provides the following advice regarding progress on its Environmental Impact Statement for the development of the Kangaroo Island Seaport. KPT is negotiating with various government… Continue reading

Timber revalued at $107.8 million

9 July 2018

As part of its end of financial year reporting duties, Kangaroo Island Plantation Timbers has revalued its standing timber. The company owns 86 per cent of the plantation timber on… Continue reading

You’re invited – Managing Director to speak at Exchange SA Conference

21 May 2018

Exchange SA investment conference is on June 7 and you are invited to attend to hear our Managing Director John Sergeant speak. Complimentary tickets are available for those with an… Continue reading

Glossy Blacks in our forests

16 May 2018

Kangaroo Island has a vast network of parks, however approximately 36 per cent of the Island’s native vegetation is on private properties. Glossy Black-cockatoo Recovery Program manager Karleah Berris said that private landholders’ cooperation… Continue reading

Backing the ‘club in the scrub’

14 May 2018

Western Districts Football Club’s four teams are sporting new guernseys thanks to a sponsorship from Kangaroo Island Plantation Timbers. KIPT was able to supply new guernseys and goal post protectors… Continue reading

Quarterly Newsletter to Shareholders

26 April 2018

In his quarterly letter, KIPT’s managing director John Sergeant talks about what KIPT might look like in the future. “In this letter, I want to consider how KPT could look,… Continue reading