Domtar says it's had to buy its fibre from elsewhere due to lack of supply across the province (Image Credit: CFJC Today)

By Chad Klassen

B.C. FOREST CRISIS

Forest crisis has forced Domtar to look elsewhere, pay more for its fibre supply

Nov 25, 2019 | 4:34 PM

KAMLOOPS — The forest crisis in B.C. isn’t impacting operations at Domtar in Kamloops, but the mill’s general manager says the pulp mill has been forced to find alternative sources for its fibre supply.

The lack of supply that has shut down sawmills during this crisis has also forced Domtar to go elsewhere and spend more money to get the fibre it needs to make pulp.

“You need 2.3 tonnes of fibre in order to make a tonne of pulp, which is what we are making. It makes fibre rare and hard to get, and the fibre we can buy and find on the market is more expensive,” said Domtar’s mill general manager Jean-Claude Allaire. “And (the) pulp market is a global market, so we’re competing not only with Canadian mills but we’re competing with the global market.”

Allaire says outside of having to spend more money on fibre, it’s business as usual at the mill. Even as the crisis deepens, Allaire acknowledges Domtar will carry forward.

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