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On 21st September 2018 Vaasa administrative court has given its decision concerning the appeals of Finnpulp’s environmental permits. The terms of the permit will remain in the format provided by the Regional Administration of Eastern Finland with minor changes.

finnpulp logoThe court dismissed appeals almost entirely in the process that lasted one and a half years. In its decision, the Administrative Court considers that permit made by authorities has taken notice of all operation and its impact on the environment.

The progress of the permit process will enable Finnpulp to initiate financial negotiations for the next phase of the mill project. Finnish-Chinese owned company is currently carrying out pre-engineering of the plant. It is estimated to be completed next year. The pre-engineering will include preparation of the construction stage of the mill’s processes, technologies and mill site layouts. After completion of the engineering, the company will make its final investment decision on the construction of a bioproduction mill in Sorsasalo, Kuopio. 

Finnpulp's bioproduct mill will be the world's largest softwood pulp mill. The annual pulp production capacity of the bioproduction mill is 1.2 million tons. Mill will also produce 60,000 tons of tall oil and one terawatt-hour (TWh) bioelectricity to the domestic power grid. The mill will use 6.7 million cubic meters of raw wood material per year. Once completed, the investment of 1.4 billion euros bioproduction mill’s effect on Finland’s export income will be +1% and has a permanent employment effect of around 3,400 people annually.

For more information, please contact:

Finnpulp Oy / CEO Martti Fredrikson, tel. +358 50 310 4400, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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finnpulp logoFinnpulp Oy has submitted an environmental impact assessment program to the North Savo Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment regarding the pulp mill project in Sorsasalo, Kuopio. The assessment program includes Finnpulp Oy's plans on the various implementation alternatives for the mill project and a plan (working program) on the environmental impacts to be assessed and the implementation methods of the assessment.

The annual production capacity of this pulp mill, designed specifically to produce raw materials for the tissue and packaging board industries, is 1.2 million tons. In addition, it will produce bioelectricity and wood-based biochemicals such as tall oil and turpentine. It is estimated that the mill will use roughly 6.7 million cubic meters of wood raw material per year.

In addition to the construction and operation of the pulp mill itself, the assessment procedure will cover the essential auxiliary activities required by the mill such as road and rail connections and the power transmission network.

The assessment program will be available online for the duration of the assessment process at www.ymparisto.fi/finnpulpyva. The assessment program will also be available at the Kuopio council house, the Siilinjärvi municipal office and the North Savo ELY Centre as of the 9th of June, 2015. The public event relating to the assessment program will be held at the Kuopio council house's council hall on the 16th of June, 2015 at 6:00pm.


More information on the project and the assessment process

From the project manager:
Pirkko Seitsalo, Pöyry, tel. +358 10 332 4325, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Timo Piilonen, Finnpulp Oy, tel. +358 50 598 9310, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

From the coordinating authority:
Juha Perho, the North Savo ELY Centre, tel. +358 295 026 836, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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