COVID-19: Conifex Timber to temporarily curtail operations at Mackenzie sawmill for two weeks


CANADA (News release) -- The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting global demand for forest products. In response, effective April 6, 2020, Conifex Timber Inc. will temporarily curtail operations at its Mackenzie, British Columbia, Canada sawmill for two weeks. The curtailment is not expected to have any adverse consequence on its bioenergy operations.

Conifex and its subsidiaries' primary business currently includes timber harvesting, reforestation, forest management, sawmilling logs into lumber and wood chips, and value added lumber finishing and distribution. Conifex's lumber products are sold in the United States, Chinese, Canadian and Japanese markets.