Nova Scotia government grants extension as Northern Pulp studies plans for new mill
- Northern Pulp estimates that building a new plant will cost $2.5 billion but does not currently meet profitability requirements according to the company.
- The Nova Scotia government announced a five-week extension for Northern Pulp to develop plans for a new mill after stating it has not reached the required financial threshold.
- Northern Pulp has been under creditor protection since June 2020 after failing to meet environmental standards for a new effluent treatment plant.
- A feasibility study is ongoing for a new mill at or near the former Bowater Mersey Paper Company site in Liverpool, as the company requested more time.
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Province grants extension as Northern Pulp studies plans for new mill
The Nova Scotia government has granted a five-week extension to Northern Pulp as the company works on plans to build a new paper mill on the province's southwestern shore four years after it was granted protection from creditors.


Northern Pulp seeking $2.5 billion in private-public funding to build new pulp mill
HALIFAX — Northern Pulp, the company behind a Nova Scotia mill that shut down four years ago amid environmental shortcomings, says it will cost $2.5 billion to build a new, cutting-edge plant on the province's southwest shore.

Nova Scotia government grants extension as Northern Pulp studies plans for new mill
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government has granted a five-week extension to Northern Pulp as the company works on plans to build a new paper mill on the province's southwestern shore four years after it was granted protection from creditors.
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