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British Columbia\u2019s shrinking timber supply will attract approximately 12 sawmills to be closed in the next decade, following Tolko Industries\u2019 decision to close its Quest sawmill in Quesnel.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

According to Vancouver Sun, the sawmill in Quesnel was \u201cthe next mill on our list<\/em>\u201d, as Russ Taylor, president of the consulting firm Wood Markets Group, said. Moreover, Tolko CEO Brad Thorlakson cited a lack of \u201ceconomic fibre to keep all our (B.C.) mills running efficiently<\/em>\u201d in making the decision to close the mill and cut one of two shifts from its Kelowna mill.<\/p>\n

A report which predicted the closure of another 12 mills in the next ten years also showed that B.C.\u2019s Interior forests have been significantly affected by massive mountain pine-beetle infestation and the successive years of forest fires.<\/p>\n

The province\u2019s Interior forests have also been compromised by the requirements to set aside forest habitat for the protection of endangered mountain caribou. As reported by Vancouver Sun, B.C.\u2019s central regions will be left without enough timber for all sawmills operating in the region, where the province counted 51 as of 2017.<\/p>\n

Jim Girvan, who wrote the report, said that \u201cin the worst-case scenario, 13 mills will close. In the best-case scenario, 26 mills will reduce (one shift each). Either way, the impact on lumber production, residual chip production, the impact on employment is the same<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Girvan\u2019s 2019 report is a followup to a forecast he released in 2010, which estimated that by 2018, 16 mills would have to close in response to the mountain pine-beetle epidemic. And by last year, the equivalent of 15 did (12 mills were shuttered, another six reduced shifts), Vancouver Sun reported.<\/p>\n

The hard conditions on the market, together with slow orders from some US countries led to a crash in lumber prices, making it less profitable for any sawmill in B.C.<\/p>\n

The government has been trying to focus on promoting the use of value-added engineered, mass timber components such as cross-laminated timber panels and glue-laminated beams that turn dimension lumber into products that can be used in large commercial construction projects.<\/p>\n

B.C. Premier John Horgan announced the initiative at the Council of Forest Industries convention in April and approximately 3 offers are expected to arise.<\/p>\n

Susan Yurkovich, CEO of the Council of Forest Industries, said whatever government does, the key thing industry needs is certainty around the eventual timber supply.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe industry wants to reinvest, so does government<\/em>,\u201d Susan Yurkovich, CEO of the Council of Forest Industries, said. \u201cWe\u2019re on the same page there, (but) what we need is to have secure access to fibre, we need a robust regulatory environment, but it has to be stable, certain and transparent<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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