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Freight train departing from Äänekoski, Finland. Tower behind belongs to Metsä-Botnia pulp mill. Photo: Juhana Konttinen
Metsä Group calls for rail electrifying
Published: Wed, 2014-11-05 15:30-
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One million euros per track kilometer
Metsä Group is planning to invest over one billion euros in the building of a new bio-product mill in Äänekoski, Central Finland. The Finnish Transport Agency is ready to invest roughly 100 million euros in the development of the road and rail network in Central Finland at the request of Metsä Group.
The manufacturer of paper and pulp products stated newly its plans to open a new bio-product mill in Äänekoski in 2017 and is programmed to take a final decision on the over one billion euro development project next spring.
In order to guarantee the smooth supply of raw materials to the mill, Metsä Group has demanded that the railroad between Äänekoski and Jyväskylä to be electrified. The intersections are each estimated to cost roughly 30 million euros and the development of the railroad one million euros per kilometer.
- The primary responsibility of the agency is to foster the competitiveness of industries. In Äänekoski, general plans for the intersections are already being drafted and preparations for the railroad development have already begun, says Antti Vehviläinen, the director general at the Finnish Transport Agency.
Source: Metsä GROUP
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