Domtar to indefinitely idle Espanola pulp and paper mill

Resolute Forest Products Inc., a subsidiary of Domtar Corporation and a part of the Paper Excellence Group, has entered into an asset purchase agreement to sell its Thunder Bay (Ontario) pulp and paper mill to an affiliate of Atlas Holdings. The transaction, expected to close in the second half of the year, is subject...

Quesnel River and Slave Lake pulp mills are to be operated by Atlas' subsidiary Millar Western Forest Products upon the closure of the transaction....

Georgia-Pacific (GP) will permanently close its Foley Cellulose mill in Perry, Florida. The mill would not be able to competitively serve its customers in the long term despite the significant investments since the site was acquired from Buckeye Technologies in 2013, GP said. The closure affects 525 jobs. Production...