{"id":78382,"date":"2019-10-31T14:24:20","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T14:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tin.happy-projects.ro\/13-bc-sawmill-closures-forecast-for-the-next-decade\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T08:51:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T08:51:59","slug":"13-bc-sawmill-closures-forecast-for-the-next-decade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/13-bc-sawmill-closures-forecast-for-the-next-decade\/","title":{"rendered":"13 BC sawmill closures forecast for the next decade"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This year\u2019s series of B.C. mill closures and production curtailments have affected more than 5,900 workers at 25 mills in 22 communities, according to provincial estimates.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The B.C. Interior sawlog supply continues to collapse relative to established sawmill and plywood operational mill capacity. The plunging timber supply is the result of factors that include the residual impacts of the MPB epidemic, forest fires, spruce bark beetle outbreak and caribou habitat protection. This cumulative deficit forecasts (conservatively) indicate that there will be the equivalent of an additional 13 sawmill closures over the next decade (starting in early May 2019),\u00a0<\/span>where four have already closed and many are indefinitely curtailed.<\/p>\n

Some forecasts estimate that by 2028 many more sawmills will close, as well as the potential closures of pellet mills, co-generation plants and possibly even pulp mills.<\/p>\n

Continuing downward pressure on the provincial annual allowable cut (AAC) will result in fewer sawlogs for sawmills and veneer operations. As regional sawlog supplies decline below demand levels, sawmills must reduce shifts, curtail operations or permanently close facilities. Other pressures on the B.C. timber supply, such as the new spruce beetle epidemic, additional forest fires, and First Nations land reconciliation can only take the timber harvest lower. As a result, B.C. lumber production will move much lower and this will disrupt key export markets in the U.S., China and Japan.<\/p>\n

In April 2019, B.C.\u2019s Premier announced the\u00a0BC Interior Forest Sector Renewal Initiative<\/em>, aimed at developing a competitive, sustainable future for forest companies, workers and communities. Is this a possibility or a discussion around the inevitable? Some communities will flourish, others will languish.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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