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Chinese, Malaysian Investors Eye USD 1.8 Billion Pulp and Paper Project

The joint investment will deliver production capacity of some 2 million tonnes per year.

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The production facility is expected to launch production activities by 2023.

May 15, 2019
China’s Shan Ying International Holdings has signed an agreement with Malaysia’s Sarawak State Economic Development Corp (SDEC) to launch a joint investment worth USD 1.8 billion in opening a new pulp and paper plant in Malaysia’s Samalaju Indus-trial Park, in the city of Bintulu.

Under the plan, the factory is to be enabled with a production capacity of some 2 million tonnes per year. The project will create about 2,500 new jobs in Malaysia, according to a leading daily.