Pulp & paper mill data reports
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Pulp & paper mill data reports
The Mill Asset Database provides two ways to analyze mill data: grouped mill reports and individual mill detail pages.
Grouped Mill Report (landing page)
Assets Report and Map
After applying filters on the Assets page, select View Search to open the Search Results. From there, you can compare all selected mills in a list view, or select a specific asset—either from a report or directly from the mill map—to open its detailed mill page.
Below the mill map, the Assets report displays a list of all mills included in your selection. The report provides key information for each mill, including location, grades and products, company website, number of employees, type of operation (for example, pulp mill or paper mill), operational status (active, idle, closed, for sale, etc.), and a Benchmarked indicator showing whether the mill has been cost‑benchmarked.
When exporting the Assets report, additional fields are included, such as the year the mill was built and the mill’s map coordinates (X/Y). These fields can be used to create your own customized maps of the selected mills.
All reports can be exported to Excel using the Export to Excel button. You can choose to export either the current data view—reflecting the report exactly as displayed on screen—or the entire data report, which includes all reports associated with the current selection.
By default, the report is sorted by Asset Name, but you can change the sorting to other columns as needed. The report initially displays 25 rows, and you can adjust this setting to show a different number of rows per page (10, 50 or 100).
Capacity Report
The Capacity report displays capacity by Product for the selected Grade/Product. If a mill produces multiple products within the selected Grade/Product, it will appear on multiple rows. Capacities for other grades or products produced by the mill are not shown in this report.
Additional columns provide the mill’s total capacities, including total pulp capacity (including recycled pulp), total market pulp capacity, and total paper and paperboard capacity. The final column shows the combined total of paper/paperboard and market pulp capacity for the mill.
Cost Report
The Cost report contains the basic cash cost per ton(ne) produced for each product of the mills. This includes the cost of fiber, energy, chemicals, labor and maintenance. Go to the Cost Benchmarking Basic help article on the Fastmarkets Support hub for more information.
Note: depending on the subscription level, the cost tab may not be available.
Key Personnel Report
The Key Personnel report displays both headquarters and mill‑level personnel for the mills included in your selection. If you are looking for personnel associated with a specific mill, it is recommended to open the mill details page for that asset. The mill details view (click on an asset name from any of the reports) excludes headquarters contacts, making it easier to search and identify relevant mill personnel.
Note: Due to GDPR regulations in most Western European countries, key personnel information is not available for mills located in this region.
Consumption Report
The Consumption section includes several reports. The Fiber Furnish report shows the overall breakdown of pulp grades used by each paper mill, as per the estimate by Fastmarkets RISI's cost engineers, based on a 100% capacity utilization (357 operating days) The subsequent reports provide more detailed views of the same data, including Natural Wood (wood used to produce integrated and market pulp), Market Pulp, Recovered Paper, and Natural Non‑Wood.
In addition, the Pulp and Paper Furnish report displays the quantities of additives—such as coating, filler, and starch—alongside the pulp grade breakdown.
Please also read What is the difference between Consumption and Furnish?
Consumption Report - Fiber Furnish
The % Fiber Furnish report shows Fastmarkets’ estimate of the proportion of pulp used at each mill, including recycled pulp. It distinguishes between manufactured pulp (integrated pulp produced on site) and purchased pulp (market pulp).
The Pulp and Paper Furnish report, located adjacent to the % Fiber Furnish report, shows Fastmarkets’ estimated consumption of pulp used at each mill, including recycled pulp. Consumption is reported in tonnes per year.
Consumption Report - Natural Wood
The Consumption – Natural Wood report shows the estimated volume of wood used by mills each year to produce pulp, including both integrated pulp and market pulp.
Consumption Report - Market Pulp
The Consumption – Market Pulp report shows the annual amount of pulp purchased on the market by each mill, based on Fastmarkets RISI estimates.
Consumption Report - Recovered Paper
The Recovered Paper report shows Fastmarkets’ estimated annual consumption of different types of recovered paper used in recycled pulping at each mill.
Consumption Report - Natural NonWood
The Natural Non Wood report shows our estimate of the annual consumption of nonwood grades like bagasse, bamboo, coton linters, reed or straw per mill.
Consumption Report - Pulp and Paper Furnish Report
The Furnish report shows the percentage share of additives—such as coating, filler, and starch—in addition to the mix of different pulp types used at each mill.
Consumption Report - Energy
The Energy report shows our estimated energy consumption (fossil fuels, biogenic fuels and electricity) for each mill, based on the installed power equipment and the installed pulp and paper production capacity.
Paper Equipment Reports
The Paper Equipment Summary shows the known equipment at the paper mills of the selection.
Paper Equipment - Paper Machines
The Paper Machines report provides detailed information on each paper machine at the selected mills. The PM# column indicates the machine number. For each machine, the report includes data such as capacity, grades and products produced, supplier name, year installed, year rebuilt, trim width, maximum operating speed, press configuration, and the presence of an online coater where applicable.
Paper Equipment - Coating Machines
The Coating Machines report shows details on the coaters at the paper mills that we have information for.
Pulp Equipment Reports
Energy Equipment Reports
The Energy Equipment reports provide information on the different types of energy‑generation equipment installed at the mills for which data is available: Recovery boilers, steam, gas and hydro turbines.
Clicking on the individual items below Energy Equipment will open the reports for:
Energy Equipment - Power Boiler
Energy Equipment - Recovery Boiler
Energy Equipment - Electricity Generation
Shows turbines that are generating electricity at the mill
Certification Reports
The Certification tab indicates whether a mill holds specific certifications, including forest certifications, ISO certifications, health & safety certifications, and food or carbon certifications.
Note: certifications may apply only to certain products rather than the entire mill. As a result, a mill may produce both certified and non‑certified products on the same paper machine.
Investment Report
The Asset Investment report provides a comprehensive overview of current, future, and historical capital investments at pulp, paper, and wood mills, covering a period of more than 30 years.
Where available and applicable, the report includes details such as the type of equipment, the grade or product involved, capacity changes, expected completion date, project status, and investment amount.
In addition, the report covers both announced and historical mill closures.
Click the Detail button to view additional information for each project. Where available, this may also include the name of the supplier or developer.
Note: The Asset Investment data is integrated with the Projects database in the Mill Asset Database and therefore reflects the same underlying information.
Individual Mill Details
The Individual Mill Details pages provide comprehensive information about each mill, organized across multiple tabs. Data can be printed and exported to Word. The first tab, Overview, brings together the key high‑level details.
Individual Mill Details – Overview
On the Overview page, you can find general information about the mill, including its operational status (for example, active, idle, or scheduled for closure), number of employees, ownership, type of operation, and the year the mill was built. My Notes lets you add private notes about the company that are visible only to you. Group Notes show notes shared by other users at your company. From this page, you can also download the Process Flowsheet and view the mill’s address and contact details, an embedded Google map, certifications, and any additional information related to the mill or its products.
Further down the page, the Finished Products Summary displays the mill’s production capacity, paper and paperboard capacity as well as its pulp capacity. It also provides a breakdown of grades produced, along with key data on major paper machines or pulp dryers.
Individual Mill Details - Flowsheet
The process flowsheet can be opened via the Download Process Flowsheet button from the individual mill details' Overview page on the right. The flowsheet provides a simplified representation of a facility’s major process equipment and the results of the mass and energy balance performed for that facility. For help in understanding the flowsheet, please see the Glossary of symbols and the Mill Asset Database Glossary for Abbreviations, Conversions and terminology used.
NB: The summary box in the lower left corner of the flowsheet displays the unit consumptions calculated by product for that specific facility flowsheet. Consumptions are per tonne/ton and per mill, and might be different if several machines produce the same product.
Individual Mill Details – Capacity
The Capacity tab allows to see the capacity breakdown* in ton(ne)s per year and in percentage of the total for each product produced at the mill. Integrated pulp is not showing on this page. The cash cost in the last column (on the right) only shows if cost is included with the subscription package. Cost shows in preferred units (currency and metric/short ton(ne)s) as per the Preferences set up in the Mill Asset Database.
*Capacity breakdown as per estimate of Fastmarkets RISI's cost benchmarking engineers.
Individual Mill Details – Key Personnel
The Key Personnel report displays mill‑level personnel for this mill.
Note: Due to GDPR regulations in most Western European countries, key personnel information is not available for mills located in this region.
Individual Mill Details – Paper/Paperboard Machines
The Paper Machines report provides detailed information on each paper machine at this mill. For each machine, the report includes data such as capacity, grades and products produced, supplier name, year installed, year rebuilt, trim width, maximum operating speed, press configuration, the presence of an online coater, as well as furnish for each product produced. Closed/inactive machines are shown in color. If there are more than four machines on site, they are shown further below on the web page.
Individual Mill Details – Equipment
The Equipment tab lists all non‑paper‑machine equipment, grouped into Energy, Paper, and Pulp equipment sections.
Individual Mill Details – Energy Equipment
The Energy Equipment page shows available data for boilers (steam production) and turbines used for electricity generation at the mill.
Individual Mill Details – Paper Equipment
The Paper Equipment page displays data for stock preparation, coating, and finishing equipment at the paper mill, that is available.
Individual Mill Details – Pulp Equipment
If the mill produces virgin or recycled pulp—either for internal use in paper or paperboard production or for sale on the market—the Pulp Equipment page displays the available information on the mill's pulp‑related equipment. This includes data on pulp lines, pulp dryers, pulping systems, bleaching systems, and chemical recovery equipment.
Individual Mill Details – Consumption
The Consumption tab gives access to Fastmarkets RISI's estimates of the consumption of fiber, additives and energy.
Individual Mill Details – Consumption Summary
If the mill produces virgin pulp, the Natural Fiber section will display the fiber types used (hardwood and/or softwood). Mills that purchase pulp on the market will show the estimated total volume of Market Pulp, as well as Recovered Paper volumes where applicable.
Individual Mill Details – Fiber Consumption
The Fiber Consumption report shows the amount of fiber (natural fiber, market pulp or recovered paper) by individual fiber category/product used on each paper machine for each product produced individually, in ton(ne)s by day and in ton(ne)s by year.
Individual Mill Details – Fiber Consumption
The Fiber Furnish page displays a percentage breakdown of the different fiber raw materials used at the mill and indicates whether each fiber is purchased on the market or produced internally.
Further down the report, you can also see the percentage amount of additives (coating, starch, and filler), shown together as a 100% of the total raw material composition. In addition, the page provides estimates for fiber loss as well as the moisture content of the paper.
Each machine, and each product produced on that machine, can be viewed individually. Click on Update Report on the right after modifying Machine and/or Product. This allows you to review detailed, machine‑specific and product‑specific information in a focused view.
Individual Mill Details – Fiber Consumption
The Consumption – Energy report displays estimated energy consumption, showing purchased and on‑site produced energy, with an electrical power recap.
Individual Mill Details – Asset Investment Database
The mill’s major investments, as well as machine closures, are available under the Asset Investment Database tab. The report shows the affected grade, any associated capacity change (where applicable), the project status with its (expected) completion date. Investment amounts are displayed only when this information is available, and is showing in the currency as per Preferences.
Clicking the Detail button provides access to additional information held for each individual project.
Note: The Asset Investment data is integrated with the Projects database in the Mill Asset Database and therefore reflects the same underlying information.
