LIVE WEB CAMS FROM THE KEMI MILL AREA
Metsä Fibre has plans to build a new bioproduct mill that would be the largest wood processing mill in the northern hemisphere. Kemi’s current pulp mill would continue to operate until the new mill would be ready to start. PLANS FOR A NEW BIOPRODUCT MILL IN KEMI
SANNA LAAKKONEN, photos PETRI LYYTIKÄINEN, JUTTA MARJAKAARTO & MATTI HYTÖLÄ
NEED FOR PULP TO INCREASE IN THE FUTURE
The new mill to be built in Kemi, Finland, would pro- duce approximately 1.5 million tonnes of softwood pulp and birch pulp as well as numerous other bioproducts annually. Most of the pulp would be sold to customers in Europe, Asia and Middle East, and some would be used by the Metsä Board mill in the same mill area. “The current pulp mill in Kemi is beginning to be at the end of its life cycle, and as we stated in the prefeasibility study phase, the conditions for building a new bioproduct mill are in place. According to the megatrends, the need for long-fibre softwood pulp will increase in the future and, at the same time, the focus will move from the pro- duction of softwood pulp to other pulps," says Project Coordinator Juha Pesonen . Pulp production side streams are used to produce tall oil and turpentine, two traditional bioproducts, as well as new bioproducts such as product gas and sulphuric acid. “New bioproducts have also been taken into account in the design of the new mill. Physical space reservations have been made for textile fibre and lignin production, should they be added to the product portfolio of Kemi bioproduct mill later,” says Project Director Jari-Pekka Johansson . The current pulp mill would be demolished after the start of the new mill – only the old ground mass line would be preserved and modernised. It would remain to produce unbleached pulp at an annual capacity of approximately 180,000 tonnes.
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