AbitibiBowater Inc. said today that it will close its paper and packaging operations at a mill near Childersburg, eliminating about 150 jobs within the next 30 days.
The company had been experimenting with making linerboard on newsprint machines, but said it would have to spend too much money to make relatively low-priced linerboard grades at the Coosa Pines mill.
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