Name of the Project
Arauco pulp mill modernisation and extension.

Location
The project is located in Horcones, Arauco, Chile.

Client
Celulosa Arauco y Constitución.

Project Description
The project involves the modernisation and extension of the Arauco pulp mill, which will include:

• a wood processing plant with three debarking and chipping lines, one chipping line for forest-debarked wood, chip storage with a stacker-reclaimer blending bed system, chip screening, bark handling with BioCrushers, and bark presses that increase the dryness of the bark and consequently the energy efficiency and production of the biomass boiler;
• a fiberline with a capacity of 4 700 air-dry metric tonnes a day bleached pulp, including a chip-feeding system, brown stock washing with multistage DD-Washers, two-stage oxygen delignification followed by deknotting, screening and multistage DD-Washers;
• an energy efficient black liquor evaporation plant with a capacity of 1 750 t/h; and
• a white liquor plant. The capacity of the recaustisicing plant is 15 300 m3/d.

The delivery also includes two 700 t/d lime kilns, with low heat consumption and low emissions to meet Arauco’s strict emission permits.

Potential Job Creation
Not stated.

Value
The contract is valued at about €300-millon.

Duration
Start-up scheduled for the first quarter of 2021.

Latest Developments
Celulosa Arauco y Constitución has awarded Andritz an order to supply energy efficient and environment-friendly pulp production technologies, and key process equipment for the modernisation and extension of the Arauco pulp mill.

Key Contracts and Suppliers
Andritz (pulp production equipment and technologies).

On Budget and on Time?
Too early to state.

Contact Details for Project Information
Celulosa Arauco y Constitución, tel +56 22 461 7200.