West Fraser to drop capacity at Hinton pulp mill, move to unbleached kraft pulp

West Fraser Timber Co. will permanently reduce capacity at its pulp mill in Hinton, Alta., by the end of this year. One of Hinton Pulp’s two production lines will shut, and the remaining line will produce unbleached kraft pulp (UKP) rather than Northern bleached softwood kraft pulp (NBSK). “Hinton Pulp has been in operation since…