PULP AND PAPER

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The Mufindi Pulp and Paper Project consists of the establishment of an integrated pulp and paper mill with an initial capacity of 60,000 tons per annum of paper and board as well as 1,400 tons of pulp for sale outside the mill. Facilities to be provided include: logging roads and equipment, a chemical pulp mill with a bleach plant, a mechanical pulp mill, two paper machines with associated stock preparation and paper finishing equipment, steam and power generation equipment, a chlorine and caustic soda plant, related pollution abatement equipment, and some supporting infrastructure. The mill will be located near the Sao Hill forest area, 15 km south of Mufindi in south-central Tanzania, some 590 km from its major market of Dar es Salaam.