Neucel Specialty Cellulose will be recalling laid-off workers for maintenance on the 100+ year old pulp mill in Port Alice.  …“Neucel is preparing to recall some of the laid off hourly employees to complete necessary work for the mill’s asset preservation, preparation for the upcoming winter, as well as the work for the investors’ site visit and the external engineering study,” wrote Beatty [VP of Human Resources]. …In February 2015, the Neucel Specialty Cellulose mill in Port Alice, BC went into a production curtailment following three consecutive years of unfavourable pulp prices, combined with the high cost of oil, energy energy consumption and operating chemicals, as well as an unfavourable low US/CAN$ exchange rate. The mill has remained in curtailment ever since.