Jari will suspend its pulp production for several months until the management has investigated various options and decides whether to resume manufacturing or not, Euwid reported. As an alternative to paper pulp production, the company is considering switching to dissolving pulp.
Euwid noted, however, that several industry representatives doubt that the company will resume operations. Upgrading the old pulp line from the 1970s would require a major investment and a cooperation partner would be needed, they said. Furthermore, one of the reasons Jari cited for halting production was the difficult geographic location of the site in the middle of the Amazon region, but shifting production to another product would not alter this, the representatives pointed out.
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