Mercer’s Peace River, Alta., pulp mill is down for repairs.
Mercer International Inc. has announced its Peace River mill will take downtime to complete necessary repairs to the mill’s digester after experiencing a mechanical failure.
The company said it currently expects the repairs and related assessments to be completed in mid-October, and anticipates that NBHK production at the mill will be reduced by approximately 45,000 tonnes during the period.
Mercer maintains property and business interruption insurance for the Peace River mill and expects the repairs and business interruption will be covered by such insurance, subject to customary deductibles and limits.
Mercer International Inc. is a global forest products company with operations in Germany, the USA and Canada with consolidated annual production capacity of 2.1 million tonnes of pulp, 960 million board feet of lumber, 210 thousand cubic meters of cross-laminated timber, 45,000 cubic meters of glulam, 17 million pallets and 230,000 metric tonnes of biofuels.
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