Resolute reopens newsprint mill
Richard Garneau, president and CEO of Resolute Forest Products, said the company’s Gatineau, Que., mill will produce newsprint for North American and export markets. (TIM KROCHAK / Staff)
Resolute Forest Products says it has completed the major realignment of its paper mill network with today’s restart of its facility in Gatineau, Que.
The mill is reopening as a lower-cost operation due to a new labour agreement, the use of a single-paper machine and a co-generation power plant set to begin operation in June.
The facility will employ 130 workers, down from 330 when it was shut down in April 2010.
Chief executive Richard Garneau said the mill will produce newsprint that can be sold in North America or for export, a market that has grown to represent 47 per cent of sales.
