Composite panel and forest product giant Arauco will close its medium density fiberboard (MDF) production facility in Bennettsville, South Carolina May 18. The closure is the third in US since the beginning of the year.   The Bennettsville mill is currently offline related to market conditions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The company said the decision to close the facility permanently was based on a broader assessment that the older manufacturing platform is no longer competitive in the prevailing MDF market compared to the company's other more advanced MDF platforms.  "The decision to close this ...