Norske Skog plans to reduce
costs by NOK 500 million ($86 million) by the end of 2015 at its 550,000
tonne/yr Saugbrugs supercalendered (SC) paper mill in Halden, southern Norway.
The plant already achieved cost
savings of some NOK 110 million in 2012 and has similar
ambitions for the coming years, managing director Roy Vardheim said. Costs will
be cut in areas including energy, pulp, chemicals and logistics. None of this
will affect the mill's production capacity.
Norske Skog may also raise the
capacity of the biogas facility at its Saugbrugs mill in order to cut costs.
The biogas plant uses sludge and residues from the wastewater treatment plant
as raw material and the biogas is used in the mill's boiler.
