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Kemi Bioproduct Mill

Kemi Bioproduct Mill · also known as Kemi kraft mill, Kemi pulp mill

Kemi Bioproduct Mill is an operating kraft pulp mill in Kemi, Finland, with a capacity of 1 500 000 tonnes per year.

Company
Metsä Fibre Oy
Group
Metsä Group
WoodComp ID
00175 (how IDs work)
Country
Finland
City
Kemi
Status
Operating
Capacity
1 500 000 t/y pulp
Company figure for 2024 · verified 2026-09-18
Paper: not recorded (integrated papermaking; no paper capacity figure recorded)
Production
927 000 t pulp (2025, annual report)
62 % of capacity
Type
Kraft
Region
Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi
Website
metsagroup.com

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Raw material

BirchPineSpruce

Products

Pulp grades
NBHKNBSKUSKP
Byproducts
ElectricityTall oilTurpentine

Certifications

FSCPEFC

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Related facilities

Kemi Bioproduct Mill is the 1st largest pulp mill in Finland of the 18 with a pulp capacity figure in WoodComp's register.

More Metsä Group facilities
Äänekoski Bioproduct Mill ·Metsä Fibre Rauma ·Husum Mill ·Joutseno Mill ·Rauma Pulp Mill
Largest pulp mills in Finland
Imatra Mills ·Kymi Mill ·Pietarsaari Mill ·Kaukas Mill ·Enocell Mill
Nearest facilities
Kemi Board Mill (9 km) ·Stenvalls Trä Seskarö (36 km) ·Veljekset Vaara Tervola (39 km) ·Karlsborg Mill (57 km) ·Rolfs Såg & Hyvleri (Kalix) (65 km)

Timeline

  1. 2026expansion

    Cooking system modernization announced, startup scheduled Q4 2026

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  2. 2026capacity reported

    Capacity reported: 1 500 000 t/y (mill scope, observed 2026-07-22).

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  3. 2025other

    The mill runs completely without fossil fuels and produces 1,020 thousand tonnes of softwood pulp, 300 thousand tonnes of hardwood pulp and 180 thousand tonnes of unbleached pulp a year.

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  1. 2023startup

    The bioproduct mill started operations in autumn 2023, producing about 1.5 million tonnes of softwood and hardwood pulp a year plus other bioproducts.

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  2. 2021-02-11other

    Metsa Group decided to build a new bioproduct mill in Kemi for EUR 1.6 billion, the largest investment ever made by the Finnish forest industry in Finland, to replace the existing Kemi pulp mill that had reached the end of its lifespan.

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Sources

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