Lumber
Sawmill and forest wood chips
Tembec’s softwood and hardwood sawmills produce a wide variety of co-product wood chips in addition to lumber. All grades and species are available as Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®) certified – your assurance our fiber comes from responsible sources.
- Pulp-grade wood chips are generally used by pulp manufacturers including Tembec’s high-yield pulp, NBSK pulp and specialty cellulose operations.
- Fuel-grade wood chips are seeing growing demand from small energy plants, due to their ease of handling, moisture content consistency, and low ash production.
Tembec can also supply whole-log wood chips or biomass materials to meet customer needs.
Sawmill and forest biomass – comminuted wood, bark, sawdust and shavings
Biomass from our sawmill, mobile chipping, and mobile grinding operations comes in two grades:
- Hogged fuel (4” and below) – low-cost high-quality fiber for use in bioenergy facilities.
- Scalped (12” and below) – used in horticultural bark products or to create hogged fuel.
Sawdust and shavings produced at Tembec sawmills are used by pulp mills, wood pellet producers, engineered panel manufacturers and niche product manufacturers.
Again, the fiber in all grades and species is FSC certified.
Wood chips: Product characteristics
- Clearly cut with sharp chipper knives to prevent production of fines, pins, oversized chips, slivers and bruising of the edges.
- Transportation: Truck / High volume and self-unloading trailers.
| Typical specifications | Pulp quality | Fuel quality | Species |
| Bark and rot content | 1% maximum | 10% maximum |
Black spruce White spruce Engelman spruce Jack pine Lodgepole pine Ponderosa pine Balsam fir Interior Douglas fir Subalpine fir Western larch Poplar Maple Birch |
|---|---|---|---|
| 45mm round hole | 5% maximum | 10% maximum | |
| 10mm overthick | 15% maximum | 30% maximum | |
| 3/8” round hole | 60% minimum | 50% minimum | |
| Pan | 5% maximum | 20% maximum | |
| Non-wood contaminants | None | None |
Biomass: Product characteristics
- Same species as wood chips.
- Biomass may include blends of sawdust, shavings, and screen fines (negotiable).
- Transportation: Truck / High volume and self-unloading trailers.
| Specifications | Sawdust | Shavings | Sawdust and shavings | Bark |
| Quality | Panel and pellet | Panel and pellet | Fuel | May include wood chips, sawdust, shavings, lumber |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grit* | Maximum 0.05% by weight | Maximum 0.05% by weight | N/A | Minimal quantities of soil and rock |
| Oven dry content | 45% to 75% | Minimum 75% | N/A | 45% to 75% by green weight |
| Maximum stockpile age | Three months | Three months | Six months | Six months |
| Non-wood contaminants | None | None | None | Limited |
| * Grit includes rock, sand, dirt, floor sweepings, rags, ash and acid insoluble ash. | ||||
Operations, capacity and certifications
| Sawmills | Production capacity (annual) | Certification |
| Béarn, Québec, Canada | Total capacity is close to one million bdmt (bone dry metric tons) | FSC |
|---|---|---|
| La Sarre, Québec, Canada | ||
| Senneterre, Québec, Canada | ||
| Chapleau, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Cochrane, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Hearst, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Huntsville, Ontario, Canada |
Forest management achievements
Environmental achievements
Contacts
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Lumber sales
Telephone: 416 775-2868
Toll-free (Commodities team):
1 877 483-6232
Toll-free (Specialties team):
1 888 483-6232
Fax: 416 360-1230
405 The West Mall, Suite 800
Etobicoke, Ontario
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Forest Products Transportation Logistics Team
Telephone: 416 775-2850
Telephone: 416 775-2818
Fax: 416 621-9663
405 The West Mall, Suite 800
Etobicoke, Ontario
M9C 5J1 -
Huntsville Sawmill
bob.rutledge@tembec.com
Telephone: 613 478 3414
Fax: 705 789-7335
80 Old North Road
Huntsville, Ontario
P1H 2J4