Newfoundland to expropriate some AbitibiBowater assets
The provincial government will acquire the companyÂ’s ownership of hydro-electricity rights from the generating station at Star Lake, in addition to rights to harvest timber on government land, the news agency said, citing a statement today from Premier Danny Williams.
Assets to be expropriated do not include AbitibiBowaterÂ’s newsprint mill in Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland.
Montreal-based AbitibiBowater announced December 4 it would close the mill, part of a plan to reduce costs as North American demand for newsprint declines.
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