Canfor Yet To Name Which Plants To Take Downtime
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The strength of the Canadian dollar is being blamed, in part for this action.
Canfor has announced that it will takes some down time at some of its 33 facilities in BC, Alberta, Quebec and North and South Carolina. The strong dollar and a slumping wood market the reasons given.
The company says the target is 50 million board feet of production.
It is not known whether any of the mills in the Prince George region are part of the plan.
A source at one of the Prince George Pulp facilities says the mill is awash in hog fuel and the company does not know what to do with it but there have been no notices posted as of Thursday night on any possible down time.
There have also been rumours floating throughout the lumber industry that Canfor will soon announce some middle management changes.
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A source at one of the Prince George Pulp facilities says the mill is awash in hog fuel and the company does not know what to do with it but there have been no notices posted as of Thursday night on any possible down time.
This is the inevitable problem with ramping up production at existing mills, they get saturated to the point of being unable to process the volumes. We need more mills or we need to think about sending it somewhere else. Leaving dead timber standing in the bush is not the right answer.