Arauco’s MAPA project is close to completion. The new pulp line will have a capacity of 1.56 million tpy of bleached eucalyptus (BEK) pulp. The new bleached eucalyptus (BEK) pulp line of Chilean Arauco is expected to start up by the end of October. Empresas Copec, Arauco’s parent company, announced on 19 August that the […]
Tag Archives: MAPA
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Mar
Mar
Since summer 2020, Covid-19 related problems have been complicating and delaying the progress of the pulp mill expansion project. The modernization and expansion of Arauco’s MAPA bleached eucalyptus kraft (BEK) pulp mill in southern Chile was almost 75 percent complete by the end of January. In its annual report, the company said that the main […]
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Nov
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The Covid-19 crisis is having an impact on Arauco’s pulp expansion project in Chile. The expanded mill will start-up several months later than planned. Chilean forestry group Celulosa Arauco will start up its expanded pulp mill in Arauco around six months later than originally planned. According to a company spokesman, this delay is attributable in […]