Arauco Sucuriú project, located at Inocência municipality in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul, is the world’s largest single-phase pulp mill, worth over EUR 1 billion.
Apr 22, 2025
Chilean pulp producer Arauco will establish the world’s largest single-phase pulp mill having annual production capacity of 3.5 million TPA at Inocência municipality in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul. The company laid the cornerstone of the Arauco Sucuriú project, worth over EUR 1 billion, in presence of Brazil Vice President Geraldo Alckmin, who termed it as the world’s largest single-stage cellulose project.
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Arauco selected Valmet as the supplier for the project. Mr. Celso Tacla, President of Valmet South America, said the project aligned with Valmet’s commitment to sustainable development and environmental preservation.
The largest and most modern pulp mill in the world was carefully planned and designed to ensure the highest availability and production efficiency. Its capacity definition combined technical and economic aspects to maximize production, adopting the most modern and advanced technologies for pulp production, automation, and control, he added.
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Valmet’s scope of delivery included EPCC delivery of all key process islands and mill automation, including 6 wood handling lines, 2 cooking and fiberlines, 3 pulp dryers, 8 baling lines, evaporation plant, recovery boiler with ESPs, recausticizing, lime kiln with biomass dryer and gasification, NCG collection and handling, Valmet DNAe DCS system, mill wide optimization, and valves & valve automation.
