Sodra and Angara Paper plan new pulp mill in Russia
Dec 20, 2010. Södra Cell has been invited to participate in a feasibility study regarding a pulp mill project in Russia. Södra, the Russian bank VEB and Angara Paper have signed a Letter of Intent. The project has cutting rights of 6 million cubic meter softwood per year in the Krasnojarsk area.
Dec 20, 2010. /Lesprom Network/. Södra Cell has been invited to participate in a feasibility study regarding a pulp mill project in Russia. Södra, the Russian bank VEB and Angara Paper have signed a Letter of Intent. Södra᾿s role in the project will be industrial partner and responsible for sales and marketing of future pulp production, as the company said in a press release received by Lesprom Network.
The feasibility study concerns constructing a pulp mill with a capacity of 1.1 million ton softwood pulp per year. The project has cutting rights of 6 million cubic meter softwood per year in the Krasnojarsk area.
Sodra is the world's third largest supplier of market pulp. The company operates five pulp mills - three in Sweden and two in Norway.