New pulp mill in South Kalimantan.
New pulp mill A pulp mill is a manufacturing facility that converts wood chips or other plant fiber source into a thick fiber board which can be shipped to a paper mill for further processing. in South Kalimantan South Kalimantan (Indonesian: Kalimantan Selatan often abbreviated to Kalsel) is a province of Indonesia. It is one of four Indonesian provinces in Kalimantan - the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo. The provincial capital is Banjarmasin. . A consortium of companies from Sweden, Finland, the Netherlands, Japan, Singapore, the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and China will build a pulp mill in South Kalimantan within the next three months, provincial governor Sjachriel Darhan announced. He said the consortium would invest about $US 1.2 billion to build the pulp plant.
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