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Sawmill For the Northwest?

By 250 News

Wednesday, July 28, 2010 03:58 AM

Logs piled in a  sorting yard in Terrace

Terrace, B.C.-  While the logs pile up in Terrace, the Minister of Forests and Range, Pat Bell, says there is work underway to try and  get a  sawmill opened in that  region.

Currently, logs are piled at a yard in the west end of Terrace, then shipped by truck to Prince Rupert.  Bell says most of the logs will be barged to mills in the lower mainland for processing.  He admits some may be shipped offshore, but   monthly totals of raw log exports have fluctuated between 7 and 9% of total lumber exports from the whole Province, so it is difficult to pinpoint the exports from this one site.

According to Bell, only the lower quality logs are being shipped to China.

But with the volume of logs  being  shipped to  other  mill sites,  there may be a case  for a  mill to be  developed in  the Terrace area “I believe there should be a sawmill in the northwest” says Bell, “A lot of work has  been done,  and there’s lots more to be done to make that happen.”  Bell says it is more cost effective to ship produced lumber than to ship raw logs.


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Comment Posted by: IMO on July 28 2010 8:13 AM
Blah blah blah
Comment Posted by: Palopu on July 28 2010 9:35 AM
Logs loaded in the Harbour in Prince Rupert for Export.

June 2010 44,585 Tonnes June 2009 31,972
Variance 39.5%

Total for Terminal.
YTD 2010 145,548 Tonnes YTD 2009 111,207
Variance 30.9%.

These numbers would not include the logs that are being loaded into Containers which would be a substantial amount.

Cant say how many tonnes of logs are barged to mills in the lower mainland, however if I was a betting man I would say most of the logs are going to China.

Bell knows exactly how many tonnes of logs are being exported. To say otherwise is malarkey.
Comment Posted by: mythoughts on July 28 2010 11:27 AM
It still employs people. They don't get there by themselves.
Comment Posted by: Savvvy on July 28 2010 4:22 PM
This is why Pat needs to be recalled. His government is shipping our jobs overseas by allowing unprocessed logs to be shipped.

I've a relative in Terrace who watches these logs arriving on trucks everyday. This when Terrace hasn't an operating mill

Shame on Bell for shipping middle class wealth and BC jobs overseas. He is not making life better for the people of BC
Comment Posted by: acopolympics on July 28 2010 8:06 PM
"It still employs people. They don't get there by themselves - yes, makes so much more sense to employ 1 person instead of 5....idiot. Are you related to Bell?
Comment Posted by: my2bits on July 28 2010 8:15 PM
These logs are cut in container lengths and shipped to China. Bell must know that. The logs that are going to the lower mainland are trucked to Kitimat and put on a barge there.
Comment Posted by: Eagleone on July 29 2010 4:06 AM
Sure Pat Bell knows... that's why the BC liberal government cut tenure requirements for local processing... this was the intended result all along.
Comment Posted by: Savvvy on July 29 2010 9:03 AM
The saddest thing is the BC Liberals got away with exporting raw logs and cutting requirements for local processing.

I'd like Pat Bell to explain why allowing this incredible increase in raw log exports was a good decision for British Columbians.

If you can't make life better for the electorate, you have to go.