Tembec eliminates 459 jobs.Tembec is closing four plants in Ontario and Quebec affecting 459 jobs. Three Quebec-based plants will close including its 29-employee sawing operations in Temiscaming as of July 11. Chip plant operations will continue. Marks Lumber lumber, term for timber that has been cut into boards for use as a building material. The major steps in producing lumber involve logging (the felling and preparation of timber for shipment to sawmills), sawing the logs into boards, grading the boards according to , their remanufacturing plant in Brantford, Ontario Brantford is a city located on the Grand River in southwestern Ontario, Canada. This single-tier municipality was once part of Brant County. , is closing immediately, affecting 56 employees. The company cites the strong Canadian dollar Noun 1. Canadian dollar - the basic unit of money in Canada; "the Canadian dollar has the image of loon on one side of the coin" loonie dollar - the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 cents and "other fundamental issues" as affecting the competitiveness of the mills. |
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