Consumption of chemicals at pulp & paper mills

The Mill Asset Database shows estimates of the use of additives like coating, filler, and starch.

In the Analytical Cornerstone cost benchmarking database, Fastmarkets shows certain pulping and bleaching chemical consumption estimates in greater detail:

The CHEMICALS category shows papermaking and water treatment chemicals. The Other Chemicals category* includes defoamers, raw water treatment and effluent treatment, washing and other miscellaneous chemicals used throughout the mill. 

*Other Chemicals for pulp or recycling lines are included in furnish chemicals cost items.

FURNISH chemicals are used for the production of pulp or recycling of recovered paper and includes pulping and bleaching chemicals, as well as their related effluent treatment chemicals. We do take into account the brightness, for example of the recycled pulp, in the quantity of bleaching agent required.

In cost calculations, Fastmarkets shows other chemicals as "packages" of, for example, pulping chemicals, bleaching chemicals, papermaking chemicals and other chemicals.

The most detailed report of chemicals consumption can be found in the Custom Markets / Consumption report. Estimates are in ton(ne)s per ton(ne) produced and can be exported to Excel.