A B.C. Supreme Court judge has decided that MacKenzie Sawmill Ltd., whose Surrey mill was destroyed in a series of fires, has not been “permanently discharged” from its obligations to provide lumber giant Interfor Corporation with wood chips.  …MacKenzie Sawmill Ltd.’s insurer paid out $20.2 million for the fire losses.  …In 2006 MacKenzie Sawmill Ltd. entered into a chip supply agreement (CSA) to supply wood chips to Interfor Corporation from its sawmill in Surrey.  “Wood chips are a natural by-product of sawmilling operations and an important input in pulp mill operations,” Justice Geoffrey Gomery explained in his reasons for judgment. “Interfor does not operate a pulp mill, but it is a former owner of the Mackenzie Mill and is contractually committed to supplying wood chips from the Mackenzie Mill to Catalyst Paper Corporation (“Catalyst”) for use in its pulp mill. Interfor entered into the CSA in fulfillment of its contractual commitment to Catalyst.