Mar 20, 2009. /Lesprom Network/. The Harmac pulp mill in Nanaimo, British Columbia plans to start up a second operation line within 4 months, as The ForestTalk informed Lesprom Network. Levi Sampson, a spokesman for Harmac's owner Nanaimo Forest Products, said the mill is also moving forward with its long-anticipated plan to set up a chipping operation at the site, which would help reduce Harmac's reliance on increasingly troubled sawmills for its fibre supply. Sampson said the second pulp line is being planned due to slight price increases for pulp in the European and Chinese markets. He said the closure of other pulp mills, including Crofton and Elk Falls, has taken a lot of pulp out of international markets, meaning less competition for Harmac.