AV Terrace Bay announces temporary idling of operations

Located on the shores of Lake Superior, AV Terrace Bay  is a NBSK pulp mill producing over 320,000 tonnes annually. Photo: AV Terrace Bay

AV Terrace Bay Inc. announces temporary idling of its pulp operations, with immediate effect, due to prevailing market conditions. The announcement will affect approximately four hundred employees.

The facility, located on the north shore of Lake Superior, produces 320,000 Air Dry Metric Tons of Northern Bleached Softwood Kraft (NBSK) pulp. The mill will be put into a state of warm idle to facilitate a possible future restart.