UPM Paso de los Toros Pulp Mill

UPM Paso de los Toros Pulp Mill is an operating kraft pulp mill in Uruguay, owned by UPM. With a capacity of 2 100 000 tonnes per year it is the 1st largest of the 3 pulp mills in Uruguay with a recorded capacity.

Location and logistics

Location: Durazno, Uruguay
Nearest port: Punta Pereyra · 208 km
Straight-line distance to the nearest major port. Method
Rail siding: Own siding
Verified by satellite 2026-10-02
OpenStreetMap track way/1271572318 ↗, 589 m from the site point. Method

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Capacity and output

Capacity: 2 100 000 t/y pulp
Production: Not reported
Type: Kraft

Raw material and products

Fibre

Eucalyptus

Pulp grades

BEKP

Also produces

Energy

History and sources

Data confidence: High (95 of 100) · methodology

Timeline

startup2023
Start april 2023; full nominell kapacitet H1 2024.
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other2020
Construction work on the mill site began in December 2020.
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founded2019
UPM took the investment decision in July 2019 to build a greenfield eucalyptus pulp mill of 2.1 million tonnes per year near Paso de los Toros, an investment of about 3.5 billion US dollars.
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other2017
UPM and the Government of Uruguay signed an investment treaty covering the planned pulp mill.
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Sources

company websitechecked 2026-07-21
upmpulp.com ↗
otherchecked 2026-10-02
openstreetmap.org ↗

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Largest in Uruguay

Montes del Plata Mill

Nearby

Arboreal Tacuarembo· 133 km Urufor Rivera· 233 km Papel Prensa Mill· 302 km Capitán Bermúdez Mill· 390 km Enrique R. Zeni (Esquina)· 427 km

How to cite

WoodComp (). UPM Paso de los Toros Pulp Mill (WoodComp ID 00561). WoodComp facility database, version 2026-11. Accessed the date you retrieved it. https://woodcomp.world/id/561