Williams Lake mayor says city ‘blindsided’ by pellet plant closure

The closure of a Williams Lake wood pellet plant “blindsided” the city, according to Mayor Surinderpal Rathor.
The shut down is being attributed to a combination of external market and supply chain pressures, making operations at the location “no longer commercially viable” according to comments from Caroline Bleay, communications manager for Drax in Canada.
The Drax-owned wood pellet plant, which produces wood pellets for heating from wood fibre, announced the planned cl