Briefcase: SA business snippets

Welcome to Briefcase, a quick tour of announcements, awards and events showcasing the everyday exploits of SA businesses.

KI timber firm signs contracts for controversial, unapproved port

The timber company behind a controversial port development on Kangaroo Island’s north coast has signed a construction contract for the work – despite the project not being approved.

Photo: AAP/David Mariuz

Timber company's KI bushfire payouts top $55 million

Kangaroo Island Plantation Timbers has received its biggest insurance progress payment to date, taking its compensation for the summer bushfires to more than $55 million.

Kangaroo Island neighbours still divided over proposed sea port

A Kangaroo Island abalone farm has announced a million-dollar upgrade on the basis that a proposed timber export seaport 200 hundred metres away has been scrapped – despite the timber company saying its planning for the port was very much “still on track”.

First bushfire payout for Kangaroo Island timber firm

Kangaroo Island Plantation Timbers has received the first $10 million from its insurance claim over the summer bushfires that affected 95 per cent of its tree crop.

Senior scientists at odds over "threat” to KI abalone farm

Two internationally recognised maritime scientists are at odds over the impact of a proposed export wharf on a nearby Kangaroo Island abalone farm.