“A combination of record-high delivered log costs and the unprecedented collapse in lumber prices has necessitated a temporary curtailment for two weeks."
VANCOUVER, B.C. - Canadian lumber giant Conifex has extended its temporary production curtailment at its sawmill in Mackenzie, British Columbia. The curtailment will last for four weeks to June 1.
This is the second extension of the same curtailment. On April 6, it announced a two-week restriction. On April 16, it added on two weeks, extending it to May 3.
Conifex Timber, one of British Columbia's biggest forest products companies, announced that it's curtailing all operations at its El Dorado, Arkansas sawmill. 92 employees will be laid off.