Domtar shuttered its Kamloops
market northern bleached softwood kraft (NBSK) pulp mill in British Columbia
and Mercer International idled its Stendal NBSK mill in Germany for annual
maintenance work in October, according to industry sources and the firms.
Domtar shut down its 477,000
tonnes/yr NBSK mill in British Columbia from October 15-25 for annual maintenance
work. The mill, which reportedly did upgrades and general repairs during
the downtime, shed an estimated 13,000 tonnes of market NBSK output.
Mercer meantime took the largest
market NBSK mill in its system - the 645,000 tonnes/yr Stendal facility - down
for 10 days of annual maintenance downtime in October. The scheduled downtime
trimmed an estimated 17,500 tonnes of market NBSK output.
