Canfor Taylor Pulp Mill shutdown extended

The Prince George Citizen
March 30, 2022
Category: Business & Politics
Region: Canada, Canada West

Canfor Pulp Products has shutdown its Taylor Pulp mill for a further six weeks due to trouble shipping its product. “Unfortunately, the ongoing rail transportation situation has not improved, and we have no choice but to extend the current production curtailment,” said operations vice president Kevin Anderson. …The extension will further reduce production by at least 25,000 tonnes and continues on a six-week shutdown invoked in mid-February. The mill will remain completely shut down with a skeleton crew remaining on site to keep the operation safe and secure and facilitate shipments as they receive rail cars, a Canfor spokesperson said and confirmed about 110 employees are affected. The mill, located in the community midway between Dawson Creek and Fort St. John in northeast B.C., produces bleached chemi-thermo mechanical pulp and has annual production capacity of 230,000 tonnes.

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