Saiccor Mill
Sappi Saiccor Mill · also known as Umkomaas Mill
OperatingSappi LimitedSappisappi.comID 00279
Saiccor Mill is an operating kraft pulp mill in Umkomaas, South Africa, owned by Sappi. With a capacity of 890 000 tonnes per year it is the 1st largest of the 4 pulp mills in South Africa with a recorded capacity.
Location and logistics
- Location
- Umkomaas, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Nearest port
- Durban · 45 kmStraight-line distance to the nearest major port. Method
- Rail siding
- Not yet verifiedOpenStreetMap track way/31335997 ↗, 100 m from the site point. Method
- Nearest railway
- 0.1 km
Map
Capacity and output
- Capacity
- 890 000 t/y pulpCompany figure for 2026
- Production
- Not reported
- Type
- Kraft
Raw material and products
History and sources
Timeline
- expansion2022Expansion completed: +110,000 t/y capacity (from ~780k to 890k)Source ↗
- ownership change1989Sappi acquired the Saiccor mill in 1989, which marked its entry into the international dissolving pulp market.Source ↗
- startup1955The mill at Umkomaas began producing chemical cellulose from eucalyptus in 1955, the first mill in the world to do so.Source ↗
Sources
- otherchecked 2026-07-22afry.com ↗
- otherchecked 2026-07-22lesprom.com ↗
- company websitechecked 2026-07-22sappi.com ↗
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- company websitechecked 2026-07-23sappi.com ↗
- otherchecked 2026-07-23cdn-s3.sappi.com ↗
- otherchecked 2026-07-27pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
- company websitechecked 2026-07-27sappi.com ↗
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