BUCKSPORT, Maine (AP) _ The head of a Canadian metal recycler says he will be skeptical about three companies who are interested in purchasing and reopening a shuttered Bucksport, Maine, paper mill until they offer prices.
AIM Development LLC intends to buy the Verso Paper Corp. mill in Bucksport and hasn't announced its plans for the facility. Verso Paper Corp. closed the mill last month.
Minimill Technologies Inc. of Syracuse, New York, Fibre Technologies of Reading, Pennsylvania, and Mumbai-based Kejriwal Singapore International say they want to buy the facility and resume production.
AIM head Herbert Black says his company is "open to offers if people have money,'' but otherwise, "I refuse to engage with them.'' The facility employed more than 500 before its closure.