The
owner of Port Hawkesbury Paper says mill management intends to make one last
effort to find a business case that would call for the operation of the mill's
newsprint machine.
But
Ron Stern said it's more likely that the machine will be sold off in the next
few months.
Since
taking over control of the mill last year, Port Hawkesbury Paper has only
operated the newer of its two paper machines, PM2, which produces
supercalendered paper for the magazine and catalogue market. The mill's
newsprint machine, PM1, has remained idle. By only operating one of the two
machines, the company cut its workforce by about half, and now employs about
300 people.
