Eacom Timber's is assessing downtime at its Timmins sawmill which was damaged by fire Jan. 22.
The company's operations in the city employ about 500 people (mill and associated woodlands) and 120 mill employees will be affected by the downtime.
“The planer mill and kiln facilities as well as round wood and lumber inventories were undamaged. The planer mill, kiln and shipping operations will resume early next week to process existing rough lumber inventories. Harvesting operations are unaffected and during the assessment will be redirected as appropriate,” a press release said.
“Eacom continues to be committed to its operations in Timmins and is undertaking an assessment of the current situation and its options around rebuilding.”
The sawmill produces about 12 million board feet of lumber per month. The company purchased the facility from Domtar in 2010.
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