WINTER 2011

Northern Ontario mills close

Resolute Forest Products, previously known as AbitibiBowater, curtailed its Fort Frances, Ontario paper machines in mid-November for the rest of the year. Approximately100 employees were affected. Poor market conditions were cited for the downtime. Kraft mill operations were not affected.

Moving east, Terrace Bay Pulp decided to take three months of downtime, starting November 30. Mill officials said the mill is to reopen at the end of February.

Terrace Bay Pulp restarted in September 2010 after being idle for 20 months after it was able to obtain refinancing, including a $25 million loan from the province. The Buchanan Group owns Terrace Bay Pulp and the mill employs 350 people.

Winter 2011 News:
• AbitibiBowater certifies Northern Ontario forests
• Terrafact and Muir in forestry partnership
• Liberty Mines restarting Timmins operation in 2012
• Northern Ontario mills close
• Bharti family donates $10M to Laurentian University
• Saskatchewan's first new potash mine in 40 years