Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Ignace Sawmill Scheduled to Re-Start

After sitting idle for 5-years, the AbitibiBowater Sawmill in Ignace is set to re-open.

AbitibiBowater says it plans to spend 32-million dollars in capital investments over 24 months to reopen and upgrade the facility.

Construction will take place over the next two years and it is expected the mill will be operational in 2014.

Ignace Mayor Lee Kennard says the project is expected to create 90 jobs in the Mill and 80 harvesting jobs.