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A pulp mill that’s the backbone of a rural New Brunswick community’s local economy is facing a closure that will impact hundreds of workers. AV Group NB Inc., a subsidiary of the India-based Aditya Birla Group, announced Thursday it would temporarily idle its AV Nackawic facility west of Fredericton around the end of October.AV Group says about 350 workers will be out of work, and attributed the decision to “prevailing market conditions” and other challenges.“Nackawic has been challenging for a number of years. This was not a flippant decision by any means,” said Mike Legere, AV Group’s director of government…

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