Mar 16, 2016. /Lesprom Network/. Slick Rock Lumber will open a new sawmill operation in Halifax County, Virginia. The company will create 13 new jobs in the county and source 75% of its timber needs from Virginia land owners.
Slick Rock Lumber will invest $535,000 in site improvements and equipment needed to open the new hard- and softwood sawmill.

The company’s primary products will be railroad ties and large planks to be made into mats for use by utility, construction, and logging companies.

Slick Rock is also committing to purchase more than $5 million of Virginia timber over the next three years, or 75% of the forestry inputs needed for the new production venture.