SCA invests in new lime kiln

Photo: SCA
Photo: SCA

SCA has decided to invest approximately SEK 490 million in a new lime kiln at the kraftliner mill in Munksund, Sweden.

The new lime kiln will substitute oil with biofuel, which will lead to annual cost savings of approximately SEK 50 million and reduce fossil carbon dioxide emissions by 75%. The lime kiln is expected to be put in operation in fall 2014.

At the end of 2011 SCA inaugurated the world's first biofuel-fired lime kiln at Östrand's pulp mill in Sweden.