Category: Mill Sales/Transfers

Concern over AbitibiBowater's plan to sell off Northern Ontario dams

The Ontario NDP Party raised the issue of AbitibiBowater's desire to sell off its dams in Northern Ontario in the legislature today. NDP members told the legislature that the dams provide cheap power, which helps to keep the mills in Thunder Bay, Fort… more »

Western Forest Products mill in Nanaimo may move to Harmac site

Western Forest Products currently leases land from the Nanaimo Port Authority for its downtown mill. The mill has been closed for a year. Talks are now underway that may see that downtown mill move to the site of the Harmac pulp mill that is located… more »

Peter Grant opens up about the sale of Grant Forest Products

Peter Grant, head of Grant Forest Products, spoke to Northern News about the sale of parts of his company to Georgia-Pacific. Grant very much wants Grant Forest Products to retain its ownership of the company and regain profitability. However, the… more »

AbitibiBowater has prospective buyer for Mackenzie, BC mills

AbitibiBowater is in "advanced discussions" with a potential buyer for its two sawmills, and possibly its pulp and paper mill, in Mackenzie, British Columbia. The Mackenzie Pulp and Paper mill was idled in November 2007 and permanently closed in Novem… more »

AbitibiBowater marks 3 inactive sawmills in Quebec for sale

In hopes of someday emerging from bankruptcy protection, AbitibiBowater has put 3 inactive sawmills in Quebec up for sale. The three sawmills are: Roberval Saint-Fulgence Lebel-sur-Quévillon Because AbitibiBowater is operating under ba… more »

Mackenzie pulp mill attracts interest of Sinar Mas again

Sinar Mas, the parent company of Asia Pulp & Paper, is taking a second look at the Mackenzie pulp mill. The mill is now under the control of the Mackenzie Pulp Mill Development Corporation who took over maintenance of the mill site from the Britis… more »

Closed Grand Falls-Windsor mill now in provincial custody

The provincial government of Newfoundland and Labrador has assumed custody and management of the former pulp and paper mill and property in Grand Falls-Windsor, as well as Grand Falls House and the former mill manager’s house, upon notice that AbitibiBow… more »

Pine Falls workers refuse to support former employee's bid for the mill

The workers of the idled Tembec newsprint mill in Pine Falls, Manitoba have refused to support a former employee's bid to buy the mill. On January 14th, J.P. Bradette, former Tembec sales executive, outlined his purchase plan at a meeting in Pine Fall… more »

Fraser Papers Proceeds With Finalizing Sale of Specialty Papers Business

Fraser Papers Inc. has announced that, following the extended deadline of January 26, 2010, it had received no additional offers to purchase the Company's specialty papers business under the court supervised sale process. As a result, Fraser Papers h… more »

Old Smurfit-Stone mill sold in Bathurst

The Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. closed their corrugated paper mill in Bathurst, New Brunswick in August of 2005 putting 270 people out of work. Since then, the mill has sat vacant in the downtown area of Bathurst while the New Brunswick government s… more »

MP Charlie Angus insists Grant Forest Products sale is not a done deal

Charlie Angus, MP for Timmins-James Bay, is insisting that the purchase of Grant Forest Products assets by Georgia Pacific is not a done deal. Angus is not pleased that Georgia Pacific has chosen to purchase only the profitable assets of Grant Forest… more »

3 parties interested in purchasing Pine Falls

There are at least 3 parties now interested in purchasing the Pine Falls paper mill from Tembec. The potential buyers are: J.P. Bradette, former Tembec vice-president Sagkeeng First Nation Tembec employees None of the potential buyers… more »

Georgia-Pacific to purchase Grant Forest Products OSB facilities in Englehart and Earlton

Georgia-Pacific Corp. has agreed to purchase two Canadian plants from Grant Forest Products Inc. along with two of Grant Forest Products' U.S. facilities in a deal worth about $400 million.Grant Forest Products has been under bankruptcy protection si… more »

AbitibiBowater sells recycling facilities in Texas

AbitibiBowater announced today the closing of the sale of its Recycling Division's material recycling facilities located in Arlington, Houston and San Antonio, Texas to Waste Management Recycle America for $12 million. AbitibiBowater will continue ope… more »

Lax Kw'alaams band wants the former Skeena Cellulose pulp mill

The Lax Kw'alaams band is one of the 6 parties bidding on the former Skeena Cellulose pulp mill site on Watson Island, British Columbia. The Skeena Cellulose pulp mill closed in 2001. The closed pulp mill had been purchased by Sun Wave Forest Produ… more »