Northern Ontario paper mill to shut down 'indefinitely'
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Domtar has announced it is 'indefinitely' shutting down its paper mill in Espanola, leading to the layoff of some 450 workers in the small northern Ontario town.
In a statement released Wednesday morning, the company said the pulp mill at the decades-old plant will shut down in early October, followed by the idling of the paper machines in November.
"The Espanola mill has been challenged for some time now," Steve Henry, Domtar president, said in a release.
"We have worked diligently to find a viable path forward for the operation including offering it for sale."
Domtar said the decision comes after "years of ongoing operating losses and high costs associated with maintaining and operating" the Espanola mill.
The company said it will take "appropriate measures" to assist affected workers and that the mill will be idling in a way that is "environmentally sound" and that will "facilitate a possible sale or future restart."
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