MEMPHIS, TN — (Marketwired) — 10/01/14 — Verso Paper Corp. (NYSE: VRS) today announced plans to close its paper mill in Bucksport, Maine. The closure of the mill is expected to occur in the fourth quarter of 2014. The mill closure will reduce Verso–s coated groundwood paper production capacity by approximately 350,000 tons and its specialty paper production capacity by approximately 55,000 tons."The Bucksport mill unfortunately has not been profitable for a number of years, in spite of
