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Tue, January 20, 2009
Mon, January 19, 2009 Canfor Corporation: Canfor Announces Curtailment
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Jan. 19, 2009) - Canfor Corporation (TSX:CFP) announced today that due to the continued poor softwood lumber markets, it will be taking a one week curtailment at its Houston, Radium, Vavenby, Quesnel and Rustad sawmills commencing January 26, 2009. This decision will reduce Canfor's annualized lumber production by approximately 29 million board feet.
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Canfor is a leading integrated forest products company based in Vancouver, British Columbia (BC) with interests in BC, Alberta, Quebec, Washington state, and North and South Carolina. The company is the largest producer of softwood lumber in British Columbia while also producing oriented strand board (OSB), remanufactured lumber products and specialized wood products. Canfor also owns a 50.2% interest in Canfor Pulp Limited Partnership, which is one of the largest producers of northern softwood kraft pulp in Canada and a leading producer of high performance kraft paper. Canfor shares are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol CFP.
