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Canfor Shutting Down Darlington County Sawmill in August
DARLINGTON AND ESTILL, SOUTH CAROLINA, JUN 27 – The closures will cut Canfor's US lumber production by 350 million board feet annually amid ongoing market volatility and sustained financial losses, affecting 290 workers.
- Canfor Corporation announced it will close its sawmill in Darlington, S.C., due to "persistently weak market conditions and sustained financial losses" affecting operations.
- Approximately 290 employees will be impacted by the closings in Darlington and Vancouver, Canada.
- Lee Goodloe, president of Canfor Southern Pine, stated that the company is committed to supporting affected employees with severance and redeployment opportunities.
- Chip Campsen highlighted that the pulpwood market has shrunk dramatically, making timber growth in South Carolina economically unfeasible.
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Some 290 South Carolinians will lose their jobs as Canfor Corp. closes a pair of lumber mills close in the Pee Dee and Lowcountry. (File photo by Getty Images)Some 290 South Carolinians will lose their jobs as a pair of lumber mills close in the Pee Dee and Lowcountry. Canfor Corp. announced Friday it would shutdown two of its South Carolina sawmills — one in Darlington and another in rural Hampton County, near the small town of Estill. “We unde…
Canfor shutting down Darlington County sawmill in August
DARLINGTON COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) -- Canada-based Canfor Corporation said Thursday it will close two sawmills in South Carolina, including one in Darlington County. The Darlington County mill and one in Estill in Hampton County will close in August, the company said in a news release. Roughly 290 jobs will be lost because of the closings, including 124 in Darlington, according to the company's website. Canfor, based in Vancouver, British Columbia, …
Canfor Announces Closure Of Darlington And Estill Sawmills - Wood Business
Canfor Corporation recently announced its decision to permanently close the Estill and Darlington sawmills in South Carolina, effective August 2025. These closures follow an extended period of persistently weak market conditions and sustained financial losses, which have made continued operations at these facilities no longer viable. “We understand the significant impact this difficult decision will have on our employees,” said Lee Goodloe, pres…
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