Drax to shut B.C. wood pellet plant by year's end, says not 'commercially viable'

WILLIAMS LAKE - A company operating a wood pellet plant in the British Columbia Interior says the facility will be shuttered by the end of the year due to a lack of available fibre.

U.K.-based Drax, which has faced accusations it burns old-growth B.C. timber for power generation in Britain, says it is shutting the Williams Lake plant due to closures and curtailments at nearby sawmills, as well as "the loss of a bid for key local supply."