Mercer Announces Downtime at its Peace River Mill
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Mercer International Inc. (Nasdaq: MERC) has announced temporary downtime at its Peace River mill due to a mechanical failure in the mill's digester. The company expects repairs and assessments to be completed by mid-October 2024, resulting in a reduction of approximately 45,000 tonnes of NBHK production. Mercer maintains property and business interruption insurance for the mill and anticipates coverage for the repairs and downtime, subject to standard deductibles and limits.
Mercer International is a global forest products company with operations in Germany, the USA, and Canada. The company has a consolidated annual production capacity of 2.1 million tonnes of pulp, 960 million board feet of lumber, 210 thousand cubic meters of cross-laminated timber, 45,000 cubic meters of glulam, 17 million pallets, and 230,000 metric tonnes of biofuels.
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- Company has property and business interruption insurance expected to cover repairs and downtime
- Repairs and assessments anticipated to be completed by mid-October 2024
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- Peace River mill experiencing downtime due to mechanical failure in digester
- NBHK production at the mill expected to be reduced by approximately 45,000 tonnes during repair period
News Market Reaction
On the day this news was published, MERC gained 1.93%, reflecting a mild positive market reaction.
Data tracked by StockTitan Argus on the day of publication.
NEW YORK, Sept. 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mercer International Inc. ("Mercer" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: MERC) announced today that its Peace River mill has taken downtime to complete necessary repairs to the mill's digester after experiencing a mechanical failure. The Company currently expects the repairs and related assessments will be completed in mid-October 2024, and anticipates that NBHK production at the mill will be reduced by approximately 45,000 tonnes during such period. The Company maintains property and business interruption insurance for the Peace River mill and expects the repairs and business interruption will be covered by such insurance, subject to customary deductibles and limits.
Mercer International Inc. is a global forest products company with operations in Germany, the USA and Canada with consolidated annual production capacity of 2.1 million tonnes of pulp, 960 million board feet of lumber, 210 thousand cubic meters of cross-laminated timber, 45,000 cubic meters of glulam, 17 million pallets and 230,000 metric tonnes of biofuels. To obtain further information on the company, please visit its web site at https://www.mercerint.com.
The preceding includes forward-looking statements which involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties which may cause our actual results in future periods to differ materially from forecasted results. Words such as "expects", "anticipates", "are optimistic that", "projects", "intends", "designed", "will", "believes", "estimates", "may", "could" and variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Among those factors which could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: the highly cyclical nature of our business, raw material costs, our level of indebtedness, competition, foreign exchange and interest rate fluctuations, expenditures for capital projects, environmental regulation and compliance, disruptions to our production, market conditions and other risk factors listed from time to time in our SEC reports.
APPROVED BY:
William D. McCartney
Interim Chairman
(604) 684-1099
Juan Carlos Bueno
Chief Executive Officer
(604) 684-1099
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