Ledcor Group declares closure of Chilliwack Cant Mill
Ledcor Group is closing down its Chilliwack Cant Mill subsequent month.
“Following intensive evaluation of its forestry working footprint and the long-term financial outlook of fibre provide, Ledcor has made the troublesome resolution to completely shut down our Forestry group which incorporates the Chilliwack Cant Mill facility, biomass and trucking operations,” mentioned Ledcor president Don Quan, in an announcement.
The cant mill, which had its grand opening in 2013, reworked logs into chips, cants and biomass.
Ledcor officers say the choice to shutter the mill was “not made calmly” and it may influence as much as 100 staff within the Forestry group.
“We perceive the influence this announcement has on our workers, their households, and the local people. In recent times, a number of sawmills have completely closed in British Columbia on account of many elements together with unfavourable financial circumstances, modifications in laws, challenges within the log provide market and lots of different elements exterior of our management.
“All of this has had a cloth influence on our facility’s skill to function competitively and has resulted in it being financially unsustainable.
Ledcor’s Forestry group might be following a winddown course of “over the following few months.”
The wooden product “cants” are sometimes a 4 inch by 4 inch to 2 inch by 8 inch sq. wooden product at eight to 13 toes in size. Ledcor had clients in Canada, the USA and China.
The Cant Mill is anticipated to shut by the top of August 2023.
“Ledcor will proceed to function the Silverdale Reload facility in close by Mission and our marine operations, enabling on-going marine transportation providers to our current shoppers.”
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