Aug 14, 2014. /Lesprom Network/. New Brunswick government has reached an agreement with Chaleur Sawmills which will see it receive an additional 30,000 cubic metres of wood for its facility in Belledune. The company will receive the new wood supply under the Strategy for Crown Lands Forest Management, as the provincial government said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.

The additional allocation will result in C$5.5 million ($5 million) in upgrades to Chaleur’s operations.

The mill currently has 200 employees, with an additional 100 working directly for Chaleur’s logging contractors.

Established in 1994, Chaleur Sawmills is an organization at the cutting edge of technology.