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Canfor Pulp Temporarily Curtailing Production at Taylor Mill in British Columbia

Canfor Pulp - Taylor pulp mill Canfor Pulp will curtail operations at its pulp mill in Taylor, BC, from June 29 through August 5, reducing the mill's production output of BCTMP by about 25,000 tonnes.

June 14, 2019 - Canfor Pulp Products Inc. on June 13 announced that it will be temporarily curtailing operations at its BCTMP (Bleached Chemi-Thermo Mechanical Pulp) mill in Taylor, British Columbia (BC), Canada from June 29 through August 5, 2019, due to a combination of weaker market conditions and short-term fibre constraints resulting from industrywide sawmill curtailments in the BC Interior.

The curtailment will reduce Canfor Pulp's production output by approximately 25,000 tonnes of BCTMP.

Canfor Pulp has three northern bleached softwood kraft pulp mills, one BCTMP mill, and one kraft paper mill in BC.

Canfor Pulp Products Inc. is a leading global supplier of pulp and paper products with operations in the central interior of British Columbia. Canfor Pulp owns and operates three mills in Prince George, BC with a total capacity of 1.1 million tonnes of Premium Reinforcing Northern Bleached Softwood Kraft (NBSK) Pulp and 140,000 tonnes of kraft paper, as well as one mill in Taylor, BC with an annual production capacity of 220,000 tonnes of Bleached Chemi-Thermo Mechanical Pulp. To learn more, please visit: www.canfor.com.

SOURCE: Canfor Corp.