China gives all-clear to Japanese pulp & paper project

摘要

Oji Paper's plans to build a greenfield pulp and paper mill in Jiangsu province has been approved in part by the Chinese government.The 1.98 billion project involves three 400,000 tpy coated woodfree lines and a 700,000 tpy bleached hardwood kraft pulp line.The third PM line has not yet been approved.The project will be built in an industrial park in Nantong City in three phases:- For start-up in 2008,a 400,000 tpy wood-free paper machine,a coater,a coal boiler and a port facility.-For start-up in late 2009,a 400,000 tpy fine paper unit and coater,the bleached hardwood kraft pulp line and a recovery boiler.