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NEWS SHORTS FROM THE PULP AND PAPER WORLD
CORPORATE STRATEGY
AbitibiBowater to cut production at five Canadian and US mills
AbitibiBowater plans to suspend or reduce production at five newsprint and uncoated mechanical paper mills, four in Canada and one in the US.
The mill and machine shuts, along with curtailments already underway at two other mills, would reduce the company's total capacity by 1.3 million tonnes/yr and affect about 1,500 workers in Canada, according to Reuters.
AbitibiBowater will shut its 223,000-tonne/yr Beaupre, QC, uncoated mechanical paper mill by the end of October and one machine at its 288,000-tonne/yr Fort Frances, ON1 uncoated mechanical paper mill where one ...