Bowater Inc. announced its decision to curtail paper production at its Thunder Bay, Ontario, site. During this outage, the site will continue its pulp production.
"Overall demand for market pulp remains strong, which is encouraging," said David Paterson, president and CEO. "However, the continued decline in consumption of North American newsprint coupled with high manufacturing costs at Thunder Bay, including energy and fiber, as well as the overall strength of the Canadian dollar, are factors in the decision to curtail this site's paper machines."
The curtailment will begin Sept. 16 and is expected to continue for a minimum of 15 days. Thunder Bay's pulp mill, woodyard and forest operations will continue to operate during the curtailment. Bowater's newsprint and specialty papers customers will be served via other company locations.
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