(USA) Pope & Talbot Inc. is preparing to shut its three remaining pulp mills -- including one in Oregon -- after its creditors declined to extend financing to the bankrupt wood products company.

Mark Rossolo, a spokesman for Portland-based Pope & Talbot (Pink Sheets: PTBT), said a Canadian bankruptcy court on Monday extended the company's bankruptcy protection for 48 hours as it tries to sell the pulp mills. It had been set to expire Monday.

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