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            <description><![CDATA[The Competition Tribunal has approved the merger that will see Cape Forests Products acquire MTO Forestry and PG Bison Southern Cape (PGBSC), and has cleared the transaction with enhanced conditions after a hearing. Cape Forests is a newly established holding company jointly controlled by manufacturer PG Bison and Wild Peach Investments.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Energy solutions company Rentech is highlighting the long-term financial and operational benefits of solar energy for the agricultural sector, despite persistent concerns among some farmers about upfront costs and system viability. Speaking to Engineering News at Nampo Harvest Day 2026, Rentech business manager Jaco Weideman said rising electricity tariffs were improving the business case for solar installations, enabling farmers to generate savings that could be reinvested into their operations.]]></description>
            <author>Mariaan Webb</author>
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Engineering News spoke to Omnia executive director Stephan Serfontein, who outlined the group’s response to ongoing instability in the Middle East. He said the company had invested heavily in its supply chain to maintain security of supply for farmers, despite the pressures bearing down on input costs globally.]]></description>
            <author>Mariaan Webb</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Telecommunications firm MTN is commercialising a suite of AI-driven Internet-of-Things (IoT) solutions for the agricultural sector, while identifying private network infrastructure as an important enabler of wider digital agriculture adoption in rural areas.]]></description>
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            <title>Tribunal approves Cape Forests acquisition of merged MTO Forestry, PG Bison Southern Cape</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Competition Tribunal has approved a merger that will see new forestry company Cape Forests Products acquire sole control of the merged entity of softwood forestry company MTO Forestry and wood-based products manufacturer PG Bison Southern Cape (PGBSC). The transaction has been approved, subject to conditions governing supply, transparency, employment and broader public interest considerations, the tribunal says.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
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            <title>Lower prices, stronger rand contribute to a widened second-quarter loss for Sappi</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[JSE-listed woodfibre-based products company Sappi posted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) of $52-million for the quarter ended March 31 – the second quarter of its 2026 financial year. This was down from the Ebitda of $107-million reported for the March 2025 quarter.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[A proposed paper joint venture between Finnish forestry group UPM-Kymmene and South African-listed wood fibre producer Sappi may reduce competition and lead to price hikes, EU antitrust regulators warned on Tuesday as they opened an investigation into the deal. The move will likely require the companies to offer concessions such as asset sales to address the competition concerns.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[In a trading update for the three months to March 31, JSE-listed packaging and paper company Mondi reports earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) of €212-million, down from Ebitda of €214-million for the three months to end December 2025. Market conditions in the first quarter of the year remained challenging. Significantly heightened geopolitical tensions in the Middle East further increased volatility in an already complex operating environment, the company points out.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[JSE-listed paper and packaging products manufacturer Mondi increased group revenue by 3% to €7.6-billion for the year ended December 31, 2025, up from €7.4-billion in 2024. However, underlying earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) declined by 5% to €1-billion from €1.04-billion the year before. The underlying Ebitda margin also declined to 13.1%, down from 14.1% in the year to end December 2024.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[JSE-listed woodfibre-based products and packaging manufacturer Sappi posted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) of $90-million for the quarter ended December 31, 2025, down from the Ebitda of $203-million reported for the quarter ended December 2024. It also posted a loss for the quarter of $37-million, compared with a profit of $70-million in the prior comparable quarter.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The University of the Free State (UFS) has announced a five-year initiative called Greener SA through which 400 000 trees will be planted across South Africa. The project brings together efforts by government, global empowerment organisation Mastercard Foundation and Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (Ruforum), which is based in Uganda.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[A fire that broke out on the woodchips route of the Richards Bay Bulk Terminal has damaged 80 m of two conveyor belts at the facility, Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) has confirmed. The sprinkler system and the terminal’s emergency response, however, managed to limit the damage caused by the fire, sparing the rest of the structure.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Paper and pulp producing group Sappi Southern Africa has announced that the Competition Commission has approved its sale of the Lomati Sawmill, in Mpumalanga, to another South African group, sawmilling and forestry company Normandien Farms. The approval was granted without conditions. “We are pleased to have concluded the sale of the Lomati Sawmill to Normandien Farms,” affirmed Sappi Southern Africa CEO Graeme Wild. “This transaction is in line with Sappi Southern Africa’s strategy to unlock value and focus on our key product segments of dissolving wood pulp and containerboard. Importantly, it also ensures the continued operation of the mill and the retention of jobs, which will benefit the greater Umjindi community. Our commitment to Mpumalanga remains strong through our forestry operations in the province.”]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Dr Dion George says his first year in office under the Government of National Unity has laid the foundation for a greener, more inclusive and more dynamic environmental future for South Africa. The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) protected endangered species, empowered coastal communities, cleaned up systems, strengthened institutions and affirmed South Africa's role on the world stage during the year, he said.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa’s agriculture sector has come under increasing pressure to diversify into new markets amid turbulent world market dynamics driven by radical shifts in US trade policy. During a webinar hosted by Creamer Media on May 28, panel facilitator Professor Johann Kirsten, of the Bureau for Economic Research director at Stellenbosch University, noted that trade became unstable in the global environment, and questioned whether a multi-polar is replacing multilateralism.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Paper and pulp manufacturer Sappi’s operating performance for the second quarter of its 2025 financial year fell short of expectations owing to challenging market conditions and issues that arose during scheduled maintenance shuts, CEO Steve Binnie reported on May 8. This resulted in adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) of $107-million for the period, down from $180-million in the second quarter of the prior financial year.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Global renewable resource company Sappi has announced the offering of €300-million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due in 2032, in an offering that is exempt from the registration requirements of the US Securities Act. The notes will be issued by Sappi Papier Holding (SPH), a subsidiary of Sappi. The company is implementing this offering to improve its debt maturity profile, it said on March 3.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Sustainable woodfibre products and solutions company Sappi's Southern Africa business and energy trader Enpower Trading have reached financial close on a five-year 175 GWh/y renewable-energy power purchase agreement (PPA). Under the terms of the PPA, which was first announced in May last year, Enpower will source power from green energy solutions provider SolarAfrica Energy’s 1 GW Sun Central 1 solar PV project, which is being built near De Aar, in the Northern Cape, and supply electricity to Sappi's South African operations.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Although global macroeconomic conditions were unfavourable during the first quarter of paper manufacturer Sappi’s 2025 financial year, the company reported improved year-on-year profitability across all segments, supported by cost-savings, operational efficiency gains and higher dissolving pulp (DP) selling prices and sales volumes, combined with improved packaging and speciality papers sales volumes. “Despite continued challenging global macroeconomic conditions and weak paper markets, Sappi delivered adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) of $203-million, which was ahead of expectations and substantially above last year,” Sappi CEO Steve Binnie said on February 5.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (dtic) said proposed amendments to the National Building Regulations and Building Standards Act are aimed at modernising the Act, resolving Constitutional gaps and empowering municipalities to enforce building regulations effectively. These changes will contribute to a safer and more sustainable built environment, dtic Technical Infrastructure director Anna-Marie Lotter said at the National Building Control Officers Convention on November 28.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Diversified agriculture and forestry company TWK Investments says its results for the year ended August 31 reflect the unusual and challenging trading environment it experienced throughout the year, with earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) for continuing operations having decreased by 0.9% year-on-year to R589-million. 

The group’s headline earnings a share decreased by 3.9% year-on-year to 674.17c, while its return on equity increased to 6.9% from 4.5% in the prior financial year. 
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            <description><![CDATA[While the forestry sector has achieved notable progress in transformation over the past 15 years, more needs to be done to ensure the sector is sustainable and creates long-term value for stakeholders and communities. This was the key message from speakers at the Forestry Sector Charter Council’s (FSCC’s) fifteenth anniversary event, held in Johannesburg, on October 9.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Lumber and agriculture company York Timbers has swung to profitability for the financial year ended June 30, having reported a R136-million profit against a loss of R312-million in the prior financial year.  

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            <description><![CDATA[Dissolving wood pulp, paper and biomaterials manufacturer Sappi has appointed Graeme Wild CEO of Sappi Southern Africa, with effect from December 1. Wild, who is currently Sappi Southern Africa sales and marketing VP, will succeed Alex Thiel, who has been CEO of Sappi Southern Africa for 14 years and will now assume new strategic project duties until his retirement at the end of December 2025.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[In the drive for economic advancement and global competitiveness, innovation stands as a pivotal force, with the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) highlighting that a modest single percentage point increase in research and development (R&D) spend can potentially elevate economic growth by about 0.13%. Yet, despite being Africa’s biggest and most developed economy, South Africa fails to make the grade as one of the world’s top R&D investors relative to GDP. Crowned as the global top spender in the OECD’s latest rankings – for 2020 – is South Korea, which leads with an impressive R&D-to-GDP investment ratio of 4.8%. The US follows with 3.42%, while Japan and German trail closely behind with 3.27% and 3.14% respectively. Finland and China also feature prominently, with ratios of 2.91% and 2.41% respectively. Competing the top ten are France with 2.35%, Italy with 1.53%, Spain with 1.41% and Turkey with 1.09%.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Gear motors, frequency inverters and drive automation specialist SEW-EURODRIVE electronics business development manager Willem Strydom highlights the company’s role in the agriculture industry’s digitalisation journey and the importance of attending Nampo 2024, which was held from May 14 to 17 near Bothaville, in the Free State.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Suzuki Auto South Africa PR & events manager Eileen Gengan discusses how the vehicle manufacturer is poised to support the needs of the country’s farmers at Nampo 2024, held from May 14 to 17, near Bothaville, in the Free State.]]></description>
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