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Weyco Closing Kamloops

Weyerhaeuser will shut its Kamloops sawmill in British Columbia and sell the three related timber tenures to West Fraser Timber, which will re-sell one to International Forest.

"We understand that the wood supply currently associated with the Kamloops sawmill will be directed to sawmills in Adams Lake and the south Cariboo, where future fiber supply is questionable as a result of the mountain pine beetle infestation," said Bob Taylor, general manager of Weyco's B.C. operations.

Weyerhaeuser had tried to sell the mill for more than a year and did not want to spend an estimated $10 million-plus to upgrade it. "Unfortunately, the factors forcing this closure are beyond our control," said Taylor.

Although the mill is scheduled to close May 12, it will likely shut down before that. "We are essentially going to be running out the wood supply we have in the yard," said spokesperson Lawrence Pillon.

Transfer of the timber tenures should be complete by late April, said Wayne Clogg, West Fraser's senior vice president of woodlands. He said that timber will go to West Fraser's sawmills in Chasm and 100-Mile House, and to its plywood mill in Williams Lake.

Interfor's share will be go the company's Adams Lake sawmill, which is cuffently undergoing a total rebuild. The extra timber will reduce the mill's dependency on logs purchased on the open market, said v.p. Ric Slaco, and provide half of the mill's timber needs.