While the question of how the Roanoke Rapids KapStone paper mill will fit into the proposed acquisition of the entire Illinois-based company by Georgia-based WestRock is not clear, documents filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission do shed some light on how the two companies view the merger.
Discussions on the potential closing of Westmoreland Coal Company’s Roanoke Valley Power Facility began surfacing in 2013, documents regarding the plant in Weldon show.