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December 2025

VKG Fiber Advances Key Phase in €1.3B Pulp Mill Development; Launches Strategic Partner Search with AFRY Capital

VKG Fiber has made significant progress towards establishing a state-of-the-art 500,000-tonnes-per-annum pulp mill in Estonia. Having secured the necessary land plot and long-term raw material supply, the company has initiated the search for strategic partners supported by AFRY Capital, a leading adviser in the global pulp industry sector.

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Lüganuse rural municipality established Estonia’s first designated spatial plan for bioproduction

Yesterday, on 29 May, the Lüganuse Rural Municipality Council passed a decision with a majority of votes to establish the local government designated spatial plan which grants Viru Keemia Grupp the right to build a bioproducts production complex in the territory of the rural municipality. The establishment of the plan allows the company to move forwards with the development.

Raivo Vasnu to join the Management Board of Viru Keemia Grupp

Starting from November, Raivo Vasnu, an experienced manager in the industrial sector, is joining the Management Board of Viru Keemia Grupp. At first, Vasnu will commence work in the Group’s Management Board, and starting from 31 March 2025, he will also assume the duties of the long-term member of the Management Board of VKG Oil, Nikolai Petrovitš, who decided to withdraw from office starting from the coming spring.

We have a bronze badge!

The Responsible Business Forum recognised outstanding enterprises at a gala held in the evening of 5 June. Viru Keemia Grupp again earned a bronze badge which was even more valuable this year due to stricter assessment criteria!

BaltCap acquired the second largest electricity distribution operator in Estonia

BaltCap Infrastructure Fund II (BInF II) acquired full ownership in VKG Elektrivõrgud. VKG Elektrivõrgud is the second largest electricity distribution network operator in Estonia after the state-owned Elektrilevi. BaltCap sees the acquisition as holding significant potential for horizontal growth both with electricity and grid-based services.

Preparations for the Uus-Kiviõli Mine have reached a new stage

Viru Keemia Grupp is preparing to open the Uus-Kiviõli Mine by the end of 2024, with an aboveground inclined shaft and two tunnels completed by now. In the second week of December, renovation work also started on the conveyor belt between the Ojamaa Mine and the Kohtla-Järve production territory, which will in the future be used in transporting the oil shale mined from the Uus- Kiviõli Mine to the oil shale plant.

Shale oil producer partners with Environmental intelligence platform

A new contract will connect the world’s largest shale oil producer with a real-time environmental technology platform, designed to help emissions forecasting and lessen environmental impacts. Environmental intelligence technology company Envirosuite Limited (Envirosuite) will be deploying its Industrial environmental intelligence platform Omnis under a three-year contract to Viru Keemia Grupp (VKG).

BaltCap to acquire the second largest electricity distribution network operator in Estonia

The newly launched €200 million BaltCap Infrastructure Fund II (BInF II) signed its first agreement to acquire full ownership in VKG Elektrivõrgud. VKG Elektrivõrgud is the second largest electricity distribution network operator in Estonia after the state-owned Elektrilevi. BaltCap sees the acquisition as holding significant potential for horizontal growth both with electricity and grid-based services.

The journey of Gren’s growth continues by acquiring Estonia’s third largest district heating network

Gren has signed an agreement to acquire district heating network company VKG Soojus AS operating in the North-East part of Estonia in the towns of Jõhvi and Kohtla-Järve.

Viru Keemia Grupp and Kiviõli Keemiatööstus will turn plastic waste into oil and gas

Viru Keemia Grupp (VKG) and Kiviõli Keemiatööstus are about to implement a joint project in which they will use the existing shale oil production technology to process plastic waste into oil and gas.

Viru Keemia Grupp’s proposal: Estonia needs a climate act

The Estonian state has supported the EU climate neutrality goal and its endorsement as a regulation. In order to achieve climate neutrality, a pivotal change must be made in the organisation of the society in Estonia, i.e. in the organisation and taxation of transport, waste management, buildings, agriculture, energy, industry and forestry in Estonia. There is currently a legal vacuum in the area of climate in Estonia, which has to be urgently filled, as in order to implement the climate policy goals of the European Union, conduct must be regulated in the Estonian society both across sectors and by distributing obligations to specific sectors.

Viru Keemia Grupp to start exploring the possibility of establishing a bioproducts production complex in Ida-Viru County

Viru Keemia Grupp (VKG) is initiating a local government special spatial plan intending to explore the possibilities of establishing a modern bioproducts production complex in Ida-Viru County to create added value for pulpwood generated in Estonia and produce bioproducts and renewable energy. The expected volume of investments is 800 million euros and production would start to operate in 2026 at the earliest.

A study: the production of shale oil can create more than 8 billion euros worth of national wealth in the coming 20 years

An in-depth analysis conducted by research company KPMG shows that the production of shale oil could create more than 8.2 billion euros worth of national wealth for Estonia in the coming twenty years. The study was commissioned by the Estonian Chemical Industry Association and its aim was to determine the impact of the European climate policy on the competitiveness and long-term sustainability of the sector. According to the conclusions of KPMG’s experts, the concern of the companies in the sector is not unfounded and they give the policy-makers a clear understanding of the choices which the Estonian society faces and what kind of a financial impact the adopted decisions will have.

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