Robin Wilber

Lumber mills in Nova Scotia are being squeezed by a double whammy of higher prices for logs and lower revenues for the wood chips and sawdust they produce as a byproduct of their operations. “The closure of Northern Pulp has dramatically affected our profitability,” said Robin Wilber, president of Elmsdale Lumber Co. “Now, we’re selling our chips to a wood pellet manufacturer at half the value of what we used to get.” …The closure of Northern Pulp has… meant woodlot owners, who used to sell their low-quality wood for pulp, no longer have that market, and it has made it less economically viable for them to have their land logged. …That shortage is coming at a time when home renovation stores throughout Atlantic Canada are short of lumber. [We respect the copyrights of the source publication – full access may require a subscription]