State of Buchanan's sawmills in Northwestern Ontario

With the Mackenzie Forest Products sawmill in Hudson, Ontario shutting down on Friday, that leaves all of Buchanan Forest Products sawmills in Northwestern Ontario sitting idle.

Buchanan's sawmill operations in Northwestern Ontario include:

• Dubreuil Forest Products (Dubreuil)


• Atikokan Forest Products (Atikokan)


• Northern Sawmills (Thunder Bay)


• Northern Hardwoods (Thunder Bay)


• Great West Timber (Thunder Bay)


• Mackenzie Forest Products (Hudson)

To clear up wood inventories, the Mackenzie planer mill will operate for 4 days beyond this Friday's closure of the sawmill.

The Mackenzie Forest Products sawmill had only been up and running for about 3 months, but the price of lumber is too low to make the operation profitable.

Source:

Sawmill going down again (The Chronicle Journal)