Guangxi Botare Yuantrove Paper has awarded international technology group ANDRITZ an order to supply a state-of-the-art lime kiln plant for its new pulp mill in Yugui Industrial Park, Guigang City, China.
The start-up is scheduled for the second quarter of 2026.
Mr. Zeng Xingfeng, Chief Engineer at Guangxi Botare Yuantrove Paper said: "The technically advanced lime kiln concept presented meets all our operational requirements. We are pleased to collaborate with ANDRITZ, a strong and internationally recognized technology partner, on the implementation of this project."
ANDRITZ lime kiln technology is designed to achieve low energy consumption, low emissions, and excellent availability, thereby ensuring optimized operation costs. The new lime kiln plant will have a capacity of 380 t/d of burnt lime.
The lime kiln plant includes also a LimeDry lime mud filter, designed to achieve optimum dry solids with excellent washing efficiency for lime mud. It will minimize total reduced sulfur (TRS) emissions in the lime kiln flue gases and ensure efficient lime kiln operation with low heat consumption.
The value of the order will not be disclosed. It is included in ANDRITZ's order intake in the first quarter of 2025.
With this order, ANDRITZ once again demonstrates its strong global position as a supplier of state-of-the-art pulp mill technology focusing on environmentally friendly production.
Guangxi Botare Yuantrove Paper is a pulp and tissue manufacturing company operating under the Zhihu group, a leading Chinese daily care brand.
