Belo Oriente Mill
CENIBRA - Celulose Nipo-Brasileira S.A. · also known as Belo Oriente Pulp Mill, CENIBRA
Belo Oriente Mill is an operating kraft pulp mill in Belo Oriente, Brazil, with a capacity of 1 200 000 tonnes per year.
- Group
- Cenibra
- WoodComp ID
- 00381 (how IDs work)
- Country
- Brazil
- City
- Belo Oriente
- Status
- Operating
- Capacity
- 1 200 000 t/y pulpverified 2026-08-22
- Type
- Kraft
- Region
- Minas Gerais
- Website
- cenibra.com.br
-19.320, -42.395
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Belo Oriente Mill is the 10th largest pulp mill in Brazil of the 19 with a pulp capacity figure in WoodComp's register.
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- Mucuri Mill (296 km) ·Veracel Mill (479 km) ·LD Celulose Mill (582 km) ·Mogi Guaçu Mill (584 km) ·Suzano Mill (618 km)
Timeline
- 2001ownership change
In July 2001 Companhia Vale do Rio Doce divested its holding in forest based companies and JBP became the sole shareholder of CENIBRA.
Source ↗ - 1977startup
Industrial operations at Belo Oriente started in 1977 with a rated production capacity of 225,000 tonnes a year.
Source ↗ - 1973startup
CENIBRA founded September 13, 1973 in eastern Minas Gerais as privately-held company controlled by JBP
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- 1973-09-13founded
Celulose Nipo-Brasileira S.A. was constituted on 13 September 1973 in eastern Minas Gerais as a partnership between Companhia Vale do Rio Doce and Japan Brazil Paper and Pulp Resources Development Co.
Source ↗ - -expansion
The Belo Oriente site now has two bleached eucalyptus hardwood pulp lines with a combined installed capacity of 1,200,000 tonnes a year, up from the original 225,000 tonnes.
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Data confidence: High (100 of 100) how this is computed
- company websitechecked 2026-07-22cenibra.com.br
- company websitechecked 2026-07-23cenibra.com.br
- newschecked 2026-07-23lobbyfacts.eu
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