Georgia newsprint plant shutting down

Resolute Forest Products announced that it’s “indefinitely idling” its Augusta, Georgia, newsprint plant, the Augusta Chronicle reported.

The move affects 160 employees, the paper said.

Employees had not been working since early last month when the plant was idled. That followed shutdowns earlier this year.

The outlook for reopening the plant is not good, company spokeswoman Debbie Johnston indicated. In a statement, the company cited the newsprint sector’s “continued, challenging market conditions,” the paper reported.

In 2016, Resolute Forest Products idled one of the mills’ two paper machines, cutting 95 jobs.

The company will work on outplacement service to the workers, Fox 54 reported.

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