Mondi Richards Bay
Mondi Richards Bay · also known as Baycel, Baywhite
Mondi Richards Bay is an operating kraft pulp mill in Richards Bay, South Africa, with a capacity of 660 000 tonnes per year.
- Company
- Mondi Group
- Group
- Mondi Group
- WoodComp ID
- 00213 (how IDs work)
- Country
- South Africa
- City
- Richards Bay
- Status
- Operating
- Capacity
- 660 000 t/y pulpverified 2026-08-20
- Type
- Kraft
- Region
- KwaZulu-Natal
- Website
- mondigroup.com
-28.770, 32.037
Raw material
Products
Certifications
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Related facilities
Mondi Richards Bay is the 2nd largest pulp mill in South Africa of the 4 with a pulp capacity figure in WoodComp's register.
- More Mondi Group facilities
- Štětí Mill ·Ružomberok Mill ·Świecie Mill ·Frantschach Mill ·Hinton Mill
- Largest pulp mills in South Africa
- Saiccor Mill ·Ngodwana Mill ·Tugela Mill
- Nearest facilities
- York Timbers Warburton (323 km) ·York Timbers Sabie (427 km) ·MTO George Sawmill (1076 km) ·Tamil Nadu Newsprint (TNPL) (6629 km) ·Seshasayee Paper (SPB) (6633 km)
Timeline
- 2003-03-25expansion
Mondi South Africa approved a R2 billion (US$220 million) expansion and modernisation of the mill that was to raise capacity from 575,000 to 720,000 tonnes a year, with the additional pulp available from early 2005.
Source ↗ - 1984startupunsourced
Mill commissioned
Sources
Data confidence: High (100 of 100) how this is computed
- otherchecked 2026-07-22iol.co.za
- otherchecked 2026-07-22forestry.co.za
- company websitechecked 2026-09-17mondigroup.com
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- otherchecked 2026-07-27power-technology.com
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