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Article: WELCOME TO THE MINIMILL
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- August 1, 2008
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A UK company is piloting a new technology that could lead to small, environmentally friendly pulp mills
BIG IS BEAUTIFUL in our industry. The 11 m wide PM, the 1 million tonne/yr bleached eucalyptus kraft pulp mill, the 5,000 tonne/day dry solids recovery boiler: these are the benchmarks and the levels to which it seems all aspire.
Yet, sometimes in the rush to scale-up processes, issues affecting existing producers are forgotten - the small mill is left to its own devices or forced out of business. A small, startup company, BioRegional MiniMills (UK) Ltd, is looking to redress the balance and give small (10,000-50,000 tonne/yr), nonwood pulp producers a means of treating their effluent. ...