Atlantic Canada First-Quarter 2016 Project Kickoffs Feature Pulp Mill Expansion

Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Just one pulp mill project makes up well over half the total investment value of Atlantic Canada projects that are set to begin construction in first-quarter 2016. A crude-by-rail terminal and an alternative fuel facility also have a hefty share of the $391.7 million in project construction starts for the region.

Click on the image at right for a graph detailing planned first-quarter 2016 project kickoffs in the Atlantic Canada region by industry.

The Atlantic Canada region includes New Brunswick, Newfoundland & Labrador, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.

The value of first-quarter project starts in Atlantic Canada is 60% greater than in fourth-quarter 2015, but the region has the lowest investment total of the four Canadian regions tracked by Industrial Info. For related information, see September 29, 2015, article - Boiler, Crude-Oil Terminal Projects Dominate Atlantic Canada's Fourth-Quarter 2015 Project Kickoffs.

J.D. Irving Limited's (Saint John, New Brunswick) $263 million kraft pulp mill dryer addition in New Brunswick is set for completion in third-quarter 2016. Part of a $500 million expansion, the dryer addition project includes the removal of three existing pulp dryers and construction of a modern 15,000 ton-per-day dryer. KSH Solutions (Montreal, Quebec) is serving as general contractor. For details on this expansion project, see Industrial Info's project report.

Next is NuStar GP Holdings LLC's (NYSE:NSH) (San Antonio, Texas) $50 million crude-by-rail transloading terminal at its facility in Point Tupper, Nova Scotia. The project at the existing 7-million-barrel terminal includes construction of an additional one or two storage tanks, as well as rail loading arms. For details on this expansion project, see Industrial Info's project report.

Also coming in with a $50 million price tag is Northern Energy Solutions' (Fredericton, New Brunswick) fuel pellet mill in Miramichi, New Brunswick. If the project goes ahead, the mill would produce 225,000 metric tonnes per year of fuel pellets from wood. Completion would occur as early as first-quarter 2017. For details on this construction project, see Industrial Info's project report.

The remaining seven highest-value projects set to begin construction in Atlantic Canada in the first quarter are:

• $15 million: SilverRange Financial Partners LLC's Annual Tank Farm Maintenance Program in Come By Chance, Newfoundland
  For details on this project, see Industrial Info's project report.
• $5 million: Rio Tinto's Idling of Pelletizing lines at the Carol Lake above-ground iron ore mine and pellet plant in Labrador City, Newfoundland
  For details on this project, see Industrial Info's project report.
• $2.5 million: J.D. Irving Limited's Sawmill Chip Screen and Conveyor System Addition in Saint Leonard, New Brunswick
  For details on this project, see Industrial Info's project report.
• $1.6 million: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's Crops & Livestock Research Center Renovation in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
  For details on this project, see Industrial Info's project report.
• $1.5 million: Lafarge SA's Cement Plant Maintenance Shutdown in Brookfield, Nova Scotia
  For details on this project, see Industrial Info's project report.
• $1.5 million: Emera Incorporated's Dartmouth Natural Gas 105-Megawatt Tufts Cove Unit #2 Maintenance Outage in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
  For details on this project, see Industrial Info's project report.
• $1 million: Anheuser-Busch InBev's Brewery Maintenance Shutdown in Saint John's, Newfoundland
  For details on this project, see Industrial Info's project report.

Nearly three fourths of the total investment value for projects expected to kick off in the Atlantic Canada region in the fourth quarter--about $290 million--is tied to projects in the engineering and construction phases. About $103 million worth are in the planning phases, where plenty of factors could increase, decrease or totally eliminate the expected spending.

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