By Brent Bosker

Two Saskatchewan mills slated to reopen in 2011

Jan 6, 2011 | 5:28 AM

Some 300 mill workers in Carrot River and Hudson Bay, who lost their jobs when Weyerhaeuser closed their mills in 2007, could be going back to work later this year.

BC based, C&C Wood Products, who operate in Saskatchewan under the name Edgewood Forest products plan to bring the Carrot River sawmill back into production July 4 before restarting the plywood facility in Hudson Bay on Nov. 1.

“There are factors that could influence (those) start-up dates either way but those are what we are planning,” said Ron Dunn, vice president of corporate development for C&C.

Poor market conditions brought on by the collapse of the U.S. housing market was the main factor behind the domino effect of mill closures in Saskatchewan.

“We’re looking at the first decent opportunity in the market to capture … an up lift in prices.”
“There’s just a general sense that we’re coming out of a down cycle,” said Dunn, who added the mills would operate at half capacity to start.

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“We want to get to know the facilities well, before we ramp them back to their previous production levels.”

C&C acquired the mills from Weyerhaeuser in Nov. 2009, along with the softwood harvesting rights in the Pasquia-Porcupine Forest Management Area. Weyerhaeuser continues to have a hardwood stake in the FMA to operate its OSB mill in Hudson Bay which reopened last October.

bbosker@panow.com