Projects

mill development plan (mdp) comprising of augmentation of pulp mill and existing paper machines, installation of multi-layer coated board machine and installation of 35 mw steam turbine with 135 tph fbc boiler at west coast paper mills ltd, dandeli, karnataka

west coast paper mills is planning an upgradation of its paper mill at villages dandeli, ambewadi and kerwad, dist. uttara kannada, karnataka. the project is waiting for environmental clearance. according to moef sources, the capital cost of the project is rs. 5,000 million. the proposed mill development plan (mdp) includes (i) addition of 2 new tissue paper machinery with total capacity of 72,000 tpa (ii) upgradation of existing 6 paper/ board machinery by adding debottlenecking equipment to increase production capacity from 320,000 tpa to 378,000 tpa (iii) augmentation/ retrofitting of the existing pulp mill to enhance the pulp production from 725 tpd to 785 tpd (iii) captive power generation capacity from 74.8 mw to 109.8 mw to meet 100 power requirement of post mdp, by installing a new 35 mw tg and 135 tph capacity fbc coal fired boiler. indonesian coal/ indian coal and saw/ wood dust is used as fuel for power plant. the mill is spread over an 375.73 acres. no additional land will be required for the upgradation project. spb projects and consultancy is the consultant. the completion schedule is 25 months from zero date. [info as of: feb. 17]