Snowflake Mill Plans October Shutdown

摘要

Catalyst Paper said that its Snowflake [Arizona] Mill will be curtailed for eight days beginning October 20. This will remove approximately 8,000 metric tons of recycle newsprint from the market and will reduce old newsprint (ONP) fiber requirements by some 10,000 metric tons. As the U.S. economic slowdown adversely affects print advertising in key urban markets, newsprint consumption has continued to decline, the company said. The Snowflake curtailment reflects Catalyst's strategy to match production with customer orders, it added.