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$80M IN UPGRADES TO TWO NOVA SITES
SARNIA, ON - Nova Chemicals will spend $80 million on modernization and expansion projects for its St. Clair and Mooretown sites. The upgrade will add up to 250 million pounds of new polyethylene capacity over the next two years. Projects include expansion of the low-density unit at Mooretown and improvements to the polyethylene production at the St. Clair site in Corunna.
ARCELORMITTAL BUILDING & RESTRUCTURING
HAMILTON, ON – ArcelorMittal has announced plans to build a $380 million beam mill in Contrecoeur, QC and restructure its steel production activities in Canada. Flat carbon production will be consolidated at the Dofasco facility in Hamilton and long carbon production at ArcelorMittal in Montreal. With this restructuring, the Contrecoeur site closed down its hot mill operations on Jan. 31 and its cold mill operations on Feb. 29. "ArcelorMittal wants to develop a sustainable Canadian steel business. With the former Dofasco facility now part of ArcelorMittal in Hamilton, it does not make business sense to have Contrecoeur compete with a sister company in the flat carbon segment while Dofasco has unused capacity", says Jos Jacqué, CEO, Long Carbon, North America.
BIRD CONSTRUCTION AWARDED SUNCOR PROJECTS
TORONTO, ON - Bird Construction has received contracts valued at $177 million for the construction of the Suncor Firebag Administration Complex and Village Camp Core at an oil sands plant north of Fort McMurray, AB. Construction is underway and the work is scheduled for completion in 2009.
ARISE PLANT UP
WATERLOO, ON - ARISE Technologies Corporation says that its silicon feedstock mini pilot plant is now operational and that polysilicon has successfully been produced. The project’s goal is to develop and demonstrate a new approach to refining high purity solar grade silicon feedstock for photovoltaic (PV) applications.
CVTECH GROUP GETS HYDRO QUEBEC PROJECT
DRUMMONDVILLE, QC, - CVTech Group Inc. subsidiary, Thiro Ltd., won a $4.3 million contract by Hydro-Quebec for the construction of a 230kV transmission line section between the Quebec and Ontario border. The construction of 10 lattice type towers and the laying of electric cables between Quebec and Ontario will be completed in April 2008.
KINGSTON GETS $8 MILLION FOR LEED POLICE FACILITY
KINGSTON, ON – The City of Kingston received an $8.35 million Green Municipal Fund (GMF) loan to finance the building a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) police facility that was completed last fall. The new police facility targets LEED Gold standards featuring innovation in sustainable sites, water efficiency, energy, materials, resources, indoor air quality and design. The project is located on what was a brownfield site that has been remediated.
OVERNIGHT BRIDGE REPLACEMENT
OTTAWA, ON - For the second time in Ontario, a groundbreaking technology that lifts 500-tonne bridges will be used this summer to replace an Ottawa-area bridge overnight. The ministry of transportation used this state-of-the-art technology last August to replace the Island Park Bridge in a record-breaking 15 hours. This summer it will be used to replace the Clyde Avenue Bridge on Highway 417. Rapid replacement technology lifts and removes the old bridge out of the way and replaces it with a pre-constructed bridge. A multi-million dollar construction contract is currently being tendered to conduct this work, which also includes replacing the existing concrete median barrier and upgrading the advanced traffic management system.
450-850 JOBS POSSIBLE FOR NEW SHELL REFINERY
COURTRIGHT, ON - A multibillion-dollar Shell Canada oil refinery under consideration for construction near Courtright could employ 450-850 full-time direct employees and contractors at a proposed site in St. Clair Township. In addition, construction of the refinery would require 9,000 workers during the 4-5 years needed to complete the project. St. Clair Twp. Mayor Steve Arnold.says the local real estate market is already active in anticipation of Shell’s decision in late 2009 on whether to proceed with the plant. Shell Canada has optioned about 2,400 hectares (nine square miles) of property south of Courtright for the refinery, expected to process heavy crude from Alberta. Shell says it would integrate the new facility with its existing refinery near Corunna, with parts of the existing refinery being shut down.
SUNCOR TARGETS MORE RELIABILITY
CALGARY, AB - Suncor Energy Inc. is aiming for higher reliability at its oilsands operations after falling short of 2007 targets because of maintenance shutdowns and other problems. The company reports a full-year profit of $2.8 billion, down from $3 billion in 2006. Maintenance issues included a scheduled 50-day upgrader turnaround at the oilsands operation to tie in new facilities and a 120-day shutdown at Suncor's refinery in Sarnia to refit for sour crude oil processing.
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