CORNER BROOK, NL -- Kruger has temporarily stopped operations at its Corner Brook pulp and paper mill in Newfoundland and Labrador, eastern Canada, due to wildfire emergency measures introduced by provincial authorities in areas facing very high and extreme fire risk.

The company suspended its Corner Brook forest operations on Saturday August 9 and stopped pulp and paper mill operations on August 15. Kruger expects the mill to be closed until the end of August or beginning of September.

The mill is a newsprint producer with 230,000 tonnes per year of capacity that primarily serves customers in Europe and Asia.