KIEV, May 14 – The Zhydachiv Pulp and Paper Plant (Lviv region), a monopoly producer of newsprint in Ukraine, has stopped producing this type of paper due to the constant growth of prices of wood and tariffs on cargo transportation.

The situation at the mill is very tough now, a source in the industry told Interfax-Ukraine. The mill's personnel have been drastically reduced in connection with the closure of a woodpulp plant and a chemical and thermomechanical pulp plant, which are involved in the production of newsprint.