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Mercer International Inc

Mercer International Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells northern bleached softwood kraft (NBSK) and northern bleached hardwood kraft (NBHK) pulp in the United States, Germany, China, and internationally. It operates through two segments, Pulp and Solid Wood. The company manufactures, sells, and distributes pulp, electricity, and chemicals through pulp mills. It also manufactures, distributes, and sells lumber, cross and glue laminated timber, finger joint lumber, wood pallets, electricity, biofuels, and wood residuals. In addition, the company generates and sells green energy produced from biomass cogeneration power plants. Further, it produces and sells NBSK pulp manufactured from softwood; green energy using carbon neutral biofuels, such as black liquor and wood waste; tall oil from black liquor for use as a chemical additive and green energy source; wood pellets and briquettes; lignin; and wood procurement and logistics services. The company sells its pulp products to pulp markets, integrated paper and paperboard manufacturers; and lumber products to national and regional distributors, large construction firms, secondary manufacturers, retail yards, and home centers. Mercer International Inc. was incorporated in 1968 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

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Mercer International secures C$20M Canadian government support; shares surge

Mercer International has secured C$20 million, approximately US$14 million, in financial support from the Canadian government for its Mercer Peace River Pulp subsidiary. The funding includes C$1 million non-repayable and C$19 million repayable, with repayment beginning in 2031. The capital will support productivity improvements and modernization at the Peace River mill in northern Alberta, including preparing the facility for expanded bio-energy production and carbon capture and storage. This builds on the mill's existing CO₂ capture demonstration project. Mercer International shares surged 53% in post-market trading.
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Mercer targets $100M in profitability improvements by end of 2026, evaluates liquidity alternatives

Mercer International outlined a $100 million profitability improvement target by the end of 2026 as it evaluates strategic alternatives to enhance liquidity and strengthen its balance sheet. CEO Juan Bueno said the company's One Goal One Hundred program yielded about $30 million in 2025 and an additional $24 million in the first half of 2026, keeping it on track to reach the full target. The company is working with advisors and in discussions with holders of its 2028 and 2029 senior notes, while also adding going-concern disclosure to its financial statements. Second-quarter operating EBITDA was negative $21 million, down from the prior quarter, driven by higher German fiber costs and a $29 million non-cash inventory impairment charge. Mercer reported a consolidated net loss of $76 million, or $1.13 per share, and aggregate liquidity decreased by $37 million to about $192 million.
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