VANCOUVER, BC, Canada — Citing long-term log supply constraints, Canfor Corp. announced June 3 it would permanently close its Vavenby sawmill. The closure will become effective in July, following an orderly wind down, the company said. The news comes a little more than a month after Canfor announced a temporary shutdown of its British Columbia sawmills, Local news sources report more than 170 people will be affected by the Vavenby closure.

Canfor is temporarily curtailing operations at all its British Columbia sawmills effective April 29. The forest products giant cited low lumber prices and the high cost of fiber for the closures.

Canadian lumber giant Western Forest seems to be one of British Columbia's only lumber firms seeing growth.

Canadian lumber giant Canfor has again curtailed production at three of its British Columbia mills.

British Columbia Premier John Horgan unveiled the outlines of a plan to revitalize the province's forestry industry. The first step is to curtail exports of minimally processed lumber.

Canfor Corp. says it paid $51.7 million in countervailing duties in the second quarter on lumber it exports to the U.S.. Canfor will open a sawmill in Georgia later this year.

Canadian lumber giant Canfor Corp. has announced plans to build a $120 million (USD), state-of-the-art sawmill in Washington, Georgia.

Canada's logging giant Canfor Pulp is developing a first-ever commercial-scale biocrude oil plant.