Low pulp demand, layoffs.An international decline in the demand for pulp has caught up with one of the industry's oldest producers. Marathon Pulp Inc., which employs about 300 people, shut down for two weeks last month to deal with excessive inventory. About 60 per cent of the workforce at the 55-yearold plant, were affected by the temporary layoff. Most were expected to take vacations during the work stoppage stoppage - /sto'p*j/ Extreme lossage that renders something (usually something vital) completely unusable. "The recent system stoppage was caused by a fried transformer." to avoid losing any pay. A Thunder Bay Thunder Bay, city (1991 pop. 113,946), SW Ont., Canada, on Thunder Bay inlet of Lake Superior. The city was created in 1970 by the amalgamation of the twin cities of Fort William and Port Arthur and two adjoining townships. mill was also forced into a temporary layoff position last month. About 400 workers at Bowater's newsprint newsprint low grade paper used for newspapers. Old newspapers are fed to cattle as an alternative roughage and may occasionally be ingested by dogs. Significant amounts of lead are accumulated in tissues; no cases of poisoning have been recorded in cattle, though it has been mill had the week of March 11 to 17 off. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a company press release, the corporation as a whole is cutting back newsprint production by 60,000 tonnes until the end of May in order to correct domestic order book imbalances. |
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