BC feeling the effects of pine beetle kill on sawmill chips while pulp logs move into low-grade lumber, export. (cover story)

The article offers information on the effects of using less pine beetle for the sawmill production on the pulpwood buyers in British Columbia and use of low grade wooden logs leading to the price hike for pulp woods. Topics include contracts for the pricing of the raw fiber on the basis of northern bleached softwood kraft (NBSK), dynamics of the wood supply getting influenced by mountain pine beetle, and minimization of wood procurement gyration.