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Ramsay OK with OSB mill.


After reviewing the $50,000 independent audit on wood supply in Northern Ontario Northern Ontario is the part of the province of Ontario which lies north of Lake Huron (including Georgian Bay), the French River and Lake Nipissing.

Northern Ontario has a land area of 802,000 km² (310,000 mi²) and constitutes 87% of the land area of Ontario, although it
, Natural Resources Minister David Ramsay David Ramsay may refer to:
  • David Ramsay (congressman) (1749–1815), a American physician, historian, and Continental Congressman for South Carolina
  • David Ramsay (MP) (after 1673–1710), among the Scottish representatives to the 1st Parliament of Great Britain
 spoke favourably about Kruger Inc.'s proposed $235 million oriented strand board Oriented strand board, or OSB, or waferboard, or Sterling board (UK), is an engineered wood product formed by layering strands (flakes) of wood in specific orientations.  mill.

This means Kruger will be able to switch into high gear and prepare for the development of the 940,000-cubic metre capacity facility, which will likely go into the Municipality of Greenstone's industrial park. The size of the OSB OSB
abbr.
Order of Saint Benedict
 mill's workforce remains unknown, but the number will be less than the 350 workers currently employed at the Longlac and Geraldton waferboard plants which are slated for closure.
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Title Annotation:AROUND THE NORTH; Oriented Strand Board
Publication:Northern Ontario Business
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1CANA
Date:Jun 1, 2005
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