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Mackenzie Mayor Confident New Mill Owners will Find Fibre

By 250 News

Thursday, September 11, 2008 02:46 PM

Prince George, B.C. - There is fibre available for the Mackenzie Pulp Mill,  the new owner will just have to talk some different groups to secure it. That’s the feeling of Mackenzie Mayor Stephanie Killam in the wake of news the receiver for the Pope and Talbot Pulp Mill has reached a deal with Canfor that will spare Canfor from having to provide fibre to the Pulp Mill.
 
“I think Worthington (the new owners) have some wriggle room” says Killam “They offered $20 million and without the fibre agreement they only have to pay $6.5 million, so there is enough money there to secure a new fibre supply.”
 
Killam suggests the Mackenzie community forest, which she expects will soon be approved, is one possible source, there are also private woodlot owners who Killam says should be consulted. “I believe the Ministry of Forests is working with Worthington to ensure there is a fibre supply.”
 
Worthington plans to have the mill back up and running in October.

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Comment Posted by: The_grandinquisitor on September 11 2008 4:34 PM
Ah good ol canfor...their roots are in the community...HA!
Comment Posted by: country cuzin on September 11 2008 5:13 PM
CANFOR wouldn't lie to us - would they?
Their roots are in the community ----IT'S JUST TOO BAD THAT COMMUNITY ISN'T MACKENZIE!!!
Comment Posted by: northman on September 11 2008 5:27 PM
Better off in the long run that canfor doesnt suply. This is a very good opertunity for woodloters, snrfl and nrfl licence holders! This way the fiber profits will stay within the region and not end up at canfor corporate H.Q .
Comment Posted by: northernjoe on September 11 2008 5:51 PM
if things get much worse in the marketplace you can expect more of the same from canfor here in pg... I would expect that once wood supply tightens up (mountain pine beetle wood dries up) some of the mills in the local area will probably be shuttered... regardless of what the corporate mouthpeices have to say

"our roots are in the community"..... indeed, canfor only looks out for #1.... Canfor Corporate Office
Comment Posted by: Mercenary on September 11 2008 6:30 PM
I think Canfor's plan is to eventually ship all the logs from the Mackenzie area to PG for processing once the central portion of the province has no forests left due to the beetle epidemic.

Maybe Canfor's BOD should buck up and throw the Mackenzie mills on the sellers block. Get a company in here who is willing to run these mills and make them viable.

East Fraser remains a viable source of fiber for the pulp mill but even they rely on the loggers for harvesting. Not sure as to how much fiber the pulp mill needs to run. Where would it come from anyway? Canfor and Abitibi isn't going to let anyone into their TFL's to harvest pulp wood!
Comment Posted by: downnotout on September 11 2008 7:15 PM
should tie logs in with the communty not with a company but we have Grodo to thank for that one
Comment Posted by: swingline on September 12 2008 8:03 AM
Mercenary - as it's been pointed out here before, there's no TFL in Mackenzie.