Domtar Temporarily Idles Ontario Pulp Mill, Sawmill

Domtar will also idle its Ear Falls, Ontario sawmill for approximately seven weeks, effective April 10, 2009. North American lumber market conditions require that this temporary curtailment be taken at this time, the press release states.

These temporary measures will affect approximately 500 people employed at the pulp mill, sawmill and related forestland operations.

The Dryden mill has an annual softwood pulp production capacity of 319,000 air dry metric tons. The Ear Falls sawmill has an annual production capacity of 190 million board feet of dimensional lumber.