Cheap imports are a threat to the mill

Newbridge sawmill has been a big employer in the area for 20 years but is now under threat from cheap imports.

BSW says without a state-of-the-art processing plant - including Wales' s first wood-burning power station - allowing every scrap of wood to be used, the business does not have a future.

The power station would produce enough clean energy to supply 30,000 homes.

In the face of strong local opposition an earlier plan was rejected amid fears of the station's environmental impact and extra lorry traffic.

Powys councillors will again be asked on Wednesday to reject the latest scheme on the same grounds.