News – Kangaroo Island Plantation Timbers LTD

Jobs expo as harvest begins

12 January 2021

National forestry services company Harvestco has been awarded the contract to harvest, store and stockpile the first 200,000 tonnes of pine in the Kangaroo Island Plantation Timbers estate. Harvestco started… Continue reading

Power line clearing almost complete

27 December 2020

Clearance of plantation trees alongside power lines is almost complete on Kangaroo Island and crews are preparing to move into the harvest proper in the New Year, starting with the… Continue reading

$5.5m grant for KI pellet mill

22 December 2020

A $5.5 million bushfire recovery grant will support establishment of a biomass pellet mill plant on Kangaroo Island capable of processing fire-damaged timber. Over the past 12 months, KIPT has… Continue reading

Helping our neighbours with seedlings

15 December 2020

The operations team at KI Plantation Timbers is assisting our neighbours to remove blue gum (Eucalyptus globulus) seedlings, which have been activated by the bushfires of last summer. “While blue gum, like the… Continue reading

Harvest plans take shape

6 October 2020

Kangaroo Island Plantation Timbers has advised the three levels of government about its plans to start harvesting of the fire-damaged plantations on Kangaroo Island. Salvage harvesting will begin in the… Continue reading

Notice of Annual General Meeting

26 September 2020

Shareholders are notified of the Company’s Annual General Meeting to be held at 1pm (ACST) on October 28. For more information please refer to the attached Notice of Meeting. AGM… Continue reading

KIPT prepares for port construction and salvage harvesting

9 September 2020

The Company has signed a contract for the construction of the Kangaroo Island Seaport at Smith Bay. The contract partners in the Early Contractor Involvement Agreement (ECI), led by Maritime… Continue reading

Protective presence of plantations

28 August 2020

Independent research from Airborne Research Australia (ARA) after the 2019-20 bushfires on Kangaroo Island has confirmed that plantations can act as a fire suppressant. “From what I can see on… Continue reading

Seedlings signal new era for KI forestry

25 August 2020

KIPT has completed its first replanting following the summer bushfires. The new crop of pine and blue gum, in a small 24-hectare compartment, was planned well before the devastating bushfires…. Continue reading

Koala stakeholders meet on bluegum harvest

20 August 2020

Kangaroo Island Plantation Timbers (KIPT) has convened the first meeting of its koala stakeholder group, with participants agreeing to work collaboratively for the best outcome for koala welfare as KIPT… Continue reading

Macgill dam to preserve pines

7 August 2020

KIPT has surveyed the Sheep Creek Dam at its Macgill property to ascertain its suitability to store pine logs once harvesting of the bushfire-damaged pine plantations can begin. John Linsell… Continue reading

Quality of people and relationships shines in a crisis

4 August 2020

In this piece for the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) magazine Company Director, KIPT chairman Paul McKenzie reflects on the bushfire events of the summer and how the value… Continue reading