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Wood-Mizer Africa: Powering at NAMPO Harvest Day 2025
As the golden heartland of South African agriculture comes alive once again at the NAMPO Harvest Day in Bothaville, Wood-Mizer Africa stands tall as a symbol of innovation, sustainability, and local empowerment in the forestry and timber industry. Wood-Mizer has led the way in sawmilling solutions, transforming the way[...]
Duva Timbers continues its robust growth path
Owner of Duva Timbers, 25-year-old Pieter van der Linde, sidesteps log supply shortages with the recent purchase of timber assets to close the log shortfall and ensure the sawmill’s future growth. A 2020 review of Duva Timbers unpacked the successes of a growing timber company started by Pieter, a[...]
Sawmilling in the sheltered shades of the Shire
The magnificent Amatalo Mountain range is the perfect backdrop to the Shire Group's successes to date, its diversified product portfolio lending heavily off founder Rob Scott's sustainable business vision. Just like the peaceful and fertile vales of The Shire in JRR Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, the Shire[...]
Zambian mine improves profits sustainably
In terms of its natural and mineral resources, Africa is the richest continent in the world. This wealth of resources can serve as an engine for growth and development of Africa’s economy and its people. First Quantum Minerals’ (FQM) mining operation in Kalumbila, Zambia showcases how the mining sector[...]
Sawmilling in Africa – Scierie Krishna in the DRC.
A Kolwezi-based sawmill, Krishna Wood, grows from one to four Wood-Mizer sawmills in just two years