Suzano, Metso in Advanced Negotiations for Supply of New Maranhão Pulp Mill

Suzano Papel e Celulose S.A. Brazil, and Metso, Finland, reportedly are in advanced negotiations towards concluding a contract for the supply of all main pulp making technology for the 1.5 million metric tpy, greenfield pulp mill to be built in the state of Maranhão in the northeastern part of Brazil. Startup is scheduled for the first half of 2013. At this point in the negotiations, the value of the delivery is not disclosed.

Suzano Papel e Celulose is a forestry-based company and one of the largest vertically integrated producers of pulp and paper in Latin America. The company's main products, sold on the domestic and international markets, are eucalyptus pulp, printing and writing paper, and paperboard.

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