Tolko Announces Unscheduled Two-Week Downtime at Lakeview Sawmill in BC
Downtime at Tolko's Lakeview Sawmill
Citing significantly higher log costs and a lack of available economic fiber, which continues to impact Tolko’s ability to run at a higher capacity, the company announced on Monday (5-15-22) two weeks of unscheduled downtime at its Lakeview sawmill operation in Williams Lake, BC.
According to the press release, the last day of production will be Friday, May 19th, with operations scheduled to resume on Monday, June 5th. Tolko says that Lakeview’s shipping and planner operations will continue during the unscheduled downtime. The company anticipates the sawmill operations shutdown will remove approximately 10 million board feet of lumber production.
About 50 employees will be affected by the temporary shutdown and were notified of the shutdown earlier on Monday.
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