Kenora sawmill prepares for 2015 restart – Northern Ontario Business
Feb 4, 2015
The restart of a mothballed Kenora stud mill and a major expansion is hinging on the final approval of a Crown wood supply.
The Manitoba parent company of Kenora Forest Products, Prendiville Industries, is prepared to invest millions to modernize the shuttered operation and install an additional sawline, pending word of receiving a wood supply agreement from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry.
Mill manager Rod McKay said negotiations are ongoing with the ministry and he was hopeful of good news sometime early this year.
The mill has been allotted a combined 339,000 cubic metres of Crown fibre from various management units in the area, including a small portion from the contentious Whiskey Jack Forest.
