AUSTRALIA — Another sawmill in southern Western Australia (WA) will close before the official ban of native logging comes into effect in 2024. Redmond Sawmill, based near Albany, will shut its doors at the end of June after nearly 30 years of business, with its current owner having invested an estimated $12 million. …Managing director Corey Matters said the company had not been supplied enough logs to stay afloat through the winter. Under the company’s contract with Forest Products Commission, it was scheduled to receive 8,000 tonnes of material by December, averaging 660 tonnes per month. About 20 workers will be made redundant due to the closure. …WA Forestry Minister Jackie Jarvis has denied allegations that the contracted volume of timber could not be supplied. “I’m not sure why they feel that they don’t have enough timber … they’re on target to get 50 per cent of their annual supply by June,” she said.