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• Position: AROUND THE NORTH - Shortage of wood - Brief article

Like it or not Natural Resources Minister David Ramsay says if there is not enough wood to run an OSB mill, he will have to turn the project down.

Ramsay's ministry contracted Edmonton-based BearingPoint Consulting to evaluate the northwestern Ontario's hardwood supply and determine whether there is enough wood inventory to substantiate an oriented strand board mill in the Municipality of Greenstone.

The $230 million OSB operation is expected to replace...