Joensuu 17.9.2015
Barents Forest Forum
Heikki Nivala
Customer advisor, corporate clients
Finnish Forest Centre
Investments and infrastructure
• Railway section Rovaniemi – Kemijärvi, electrification and
renovation
• Railway section Kemijärvi station – Patokangas,
refurbishment and electrification
• Patokangas raw wood terminal (ore)
• Lappi Timber sawmill
• Keitele Group glued laminated timber factory
• State finance for Sokli road 140 mil. €, 40 mil. € in 2016
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Investments in forest industry
require:
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•Wood raw material
•Functional infrastructure
•Functional permitting procedures
•Appropriate area
•Committed employees, positive overall
atmosphere
•Globally competitive investment
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Wood raw material,
consumption and growth
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Poistuma keskimäärin 3581 911 1116 5607
Kasvu 7556 1832 2023 11411
Mänty Kuusi Lehtipuu Yhteensä
Puuston vuotuinen kasvu ja poistuma
- viiden viimeisen vuoden hakkuut ja luontainen poistuma 46 %
kokonaiskasvusta ja 57 % puuntuotannon maan kasvusta (LUKE)
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•In Lapland and Northeast Finland
supply and demand of wood are not
balanced
•Especially insufficient demand for
pulpwood
•Thinnings in young forests lag behind
the expected objectives
•Competitive price, globally also
stumpage price
Wood raw material
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•Transportation of raw material
•Transportation of produced goods
•Road network is sufficient, need for
restoration
•Electrified railway to the area, ready in
2016
•Terminal operation, other operators
Functional infrastructure
Functional permitting
procedures •Good cooperation between authorities
•Positive experience in Kemijärvi
•Well functioning examples in Finland
•No corruption
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•Historical and current industrial activity
•A new development plan for the area
•The area is mainly owned by the city
•Clean water is provided
Appropriate area
Committed employees,
positive overall atmosphere
•Historically good industrial tradition in
Kemijärvi
•Labor force sufficiently available
•Effective education systems
•Good cooperation on local, regional
and national levels
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Globally competitive
investments
•Raw material costs
•Investment costs
•Labour costs
•Transportation costs
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Chemical forest industry plants
in Finland
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Suomussalmi
Paltamo
Pietarsaari
Äänekoski
Rauma
Uimaharju
Simpele
Kyröskoski
Joutseno
Kirkniemi
Varkaus
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Innovative biorefinery
• Flexible energy self-sufficient biorefinery with versatile
product distribution
• Softwood pulp
• Dissolving pulp
• MCC
• C5 and C6 sugars
• Raw material: softwood Pinus Silvestris
• Raw materials consumption: 2,3 mil. m3 competitively
priced at the factory gate
• Preliminary investment cost 800 mil. €
• Employment impact during the operation period clearly
>1000 person-years
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•Thank you for your attention!