{"id":76793,"date":"2018-11-20T10:39:04","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T10:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tin.happy-projects.ro\/canada-high-log-prices-and-low-supply-drags-production-curtailments-at-many-lumber-companies\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T08:49:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T08:49:29","slug":"canada-high-log-prices-and-low-supply-drags-production-curtailments-at-many-lumber-companies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/canada-high-log-prices-and-low-supply-drags-production-curtailments-at-many-lumber-companies\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada: High log prices and low supply drags production curtailments at many lumber companies"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hundreds of sawmill workers are being laid off in B.C., some of them permanently, despite recent record profits made by B.C. forestry companies, which continue to expand south of the border.\u00a0The problem is not lumber prices or softwood lumber tariffs \u2013 although lumber prices have fallen in recent months \u2013 but rather high log prices and low supplies in British Columbia, a result of the Mountain pine beetle, which ate through roughly half of B.C.\u2019s harvestable timber supply.<\/em><\/p>\n

All major forestry companies in B.C. have announced curtailments at their B.C. sawmill for the fourth quarter. In the case of West Fraser Timber Co., the curtailments are permanent.<\/p>\n

On November 13, West Fraser announced it is permanently shutting down a third shift at two of its mills \u2013 one in Quesnel and the other in Fraser Lake. The company said the decision affects 60 workers in Fraser Lake and 75 in Quesnel.<\/p>\n

Effective January, West Fraser will take about 300 million board feet out of production permanently by shutting down third shifts at two sawmills. That\u2019s about 13% of West Fraser\u2019s production in B.C.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe think the majority of those folks are going to be able to land in other opportunities within our company in our other operations,\u201d James Gorman, vice president of government and corporate relations for West Fraser Timber, told Business in Vancouver. \u201cBut at the end of the day, that\u2019s still 135 positions that won\u2019t exist in British Columbia in the forest industry going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Conifex Timber Inc. (TSX:CFF), Tolko Industries, Canfor Corp. (TSX:CFP) and Interfor Corp. (TSX:IFP) have also announced temporary curtailments or reduced production at their sawmills in recent weeks.<\/p>\n

Tolko announced last month that it was laying off 100 workers at its Quesnel sawmill, and on November 9 Conifex announced that it is temporarily curtailing its production at its Fort St. James sawmill for two weeks, which is affecting 180 to 200 workers.<\/p>\n

Last month, Interfor announced it would reduce production at all three of its B.C. interior mills, and on November 1, Canfor announced it was curtailing production at all of its B.C. sawmills.<\/p>\n

All companies say the curtailments are due to a lack of quality log supply and high log prices.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Tolko recently announced it is taking a 50% stake in a lumbermill in Mississippi, and Canfor announced November 9 that it is buying a sawmill in Soiuth Carolina for $110 million.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s part of a long-term exodus that has seen B.C. based forestry companies investing in American sawmills, which have access to more timber than in B.C., and a long-term decline in timber in B.C.<\/p>\n

Source: (Bussiness in Vancouver)<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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