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Released January 11, 2019 | SUGAR LAND
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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--A quick look at Canadian facilities undergoing maintenance projects this quarter points to places where shifting environmental and trade policies are having their biggest impacts. This includes Ontario's steel-manufacturing business, which is striving to stay atop political tidal waves. Industrial Info is tracking more than $537 million worth of maintenance projects set to kick off in Canada before the end of March, nearly half of which is attributed to projects in the Metals & Minerals Industry.
Click on the image at right for a graph detailing Canada's maintenance projects set to begin in the first quarter, by industry.
The bulk of the maintenance spending on Metals & Minerals projects--and 35% of the TIV--is attributed to ArcelorMittal S.A.'s (NYSE:MT) (Luxembourg) Dofasco steel works facility in Hamilton, Ontario, which has struggled to meet environmental regulations. The steel producer had to request Ontario to extend its restoration plan, which includes the shutdown of its oldest coke plant, by another 12 months, according to The Hamilton Spectator. This follows years of complaints from residents and local officials about smog and other pollution from the plant's coke ovens.
Industrial Info is tracking five yearlong maintenance projects at the Dofasco facility that kick off this month, each valued at $37.79 million:
Another Ontarian steel producer, Essar Global Fund Limited's (Mumbai, India) subsidiary Algoma Steel Incorporated, is set to kick off two maintenance projects at the Algoma steel mill in Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario in the first quarter: a $10 million upgrade of its coke plant and a $10 million upgrade of its steelmaking plant.
Algoma has been feeling the heat from the Trump administration's tariff policies. Earlier this week, Canada's federal government announced about $90 million in support for the complex, in order to add new technologies, improve productivity and stay competitive, according to Canada's Financial Post. For more information, see Industrial Info's reports on the coke plant and steelmaking plant projects.
Natural gas facilities account for most of the maintenance projects in the Power and Oil & Gas Production industries. The two largest are Keyera Corporation's (Calgary, Alberta) $10 million turnaround at its Ricinus Natural Gas Plant near Caroline, Alberta, and Calpine Corporation's (Houston, Texas) $8 million outage on Unit 1 at the Greenfield Energy Centre in Courtright, Ontario.
The cryogenic Keyera plant produces 97 million standard cubic feet per day of natural gas and about 4,400 barrels per day (BBL/d) of natural gas liquids (NGL), while the combined-cycle Calpine plant generates 1,153 megawatts (MW) from one steam turbine and three combustion turbines. For more information, see Industrial Info's reports on the Keyera and Calpine projects.
One of the largest maintenance projects in Canada's Petroleum Refining Industry is for North Atlantic Refining LP's $8 million tank farm at a crude oil refinery in Come By Chance, Newfoundland. The 115,000-BBL/d facility will undergo routine maintenance and API-653 work, which covers inspection, upgrades and repairs to aboveground storage tanks. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.
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Click on the image at right for a graph detailing Canada's maintenance projects set to begin in the first quarter, by industry.The bulk of the maintenance spending on Metals & Minerals projects--and 35% of the TIV--is attributed to ArcelorMittal S.A.'s (NYSE:MT) (Luxembourg) Dofasco steel works facility in Hamilton, Ontario, which has struggled to meet environmental regulations. The steel producer had to request Ontario to extend its restoration plan, which includes the shutdown of its oldest coke plant, by another 12 months, according to The Hamilton Spectator. This follows years of complaints from residents and local officials about smog and other pollution from the plant's coke ovens.
Industrial Info is tracking five yearlong maintenance projects at the Dofasco facility that kick off this month, each valued at $37.79 million:
- coke plants 2 and 3, which have a total capacity of 1.2 million tons per year (Plant 1 was closed in 2015); see project report
- a hot strip mill, which has a capacity of 5 million tons per year; see project report
- a steelmaking operation, which has a capacity of 5 million tons per year; see project report
- blast furnaces, which have a total capacity of 2.1 million tons per year; see project report
- cold rolling/finishing operations, which have a total capacity of 1.2 million tons per year; see project report
Another Ontarian steel producer, Essar Global Fund Limited's (Mumbai, India) subsidiary Algoma Steel Incorporated, is set to kick off two maintenance projects at the Algoma steel mill in Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario in the first quarter: a $10 million upgrade of its coke plant and a $10 million upgrade of its steelmaking plant.
Algoma has been feeling the heat from the Trump administration's tariff policies. Earlier this week, Canada's federal government announced about $90 million in support for the complex, in order to add new technologies, improve productivity and stay competitive, according to Canada's Financial Post. For more information, see Industrial Info's reports on the coke plant and steelmaking plant projects.
Natural gas facilities account for most of the maintenance projects in the Power and Oil & Gas Production industries. The two largest are Keyera Corporation's (Calgary, Alberta) $10 million turnaround at its Ricinus Natural Gas Plant near Caroline, Alberta, and Calpine Corporation's (Houston, Texas) $8 million outage on Unit 1 at the Greenfield Energy Centre in Courtright, Ontario.
The cryogenic Keyera plant produces 97 million standard cubic feet per day of natural gas and about 4,400 barrels per day (BBL/d) of natural gas liquids (NGL), while the combined-cycle Calpine plant generates 1,153 megawatts (MW) from one steam turbine and three combustion turbines. For more information, see Industrial Info's reports on the Keyera and Calpine projects.
One of the largest maintenance projects in Canada's Petroleum Refining Industry is for North Atlantic Refining LP's $8 million tank farm at a crude oil refinery in Come By Chance, Newfoundland. The 115,000-BBL/d facility will undergo routine maintenance and API-653 work, which covers inspection, upgrades and repairs to aboveground storage tanks. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR), with global headquarters in Sugar Land, Texas, six offices in North America and 12 international offices, is the leading provider of global market intelligence specializing in the industrial process, heavy manufacturing and energy markets. Industrial Info's quality-assurance philosophy, the Living Forward Reporting Principle, provides up-to-the-minute intelligence on what's happening now, while constantly keeping track of future opportunities. Follow IIR on: Facebook - Twitter - LinkedIn. For more information on our coverage, send inquiries to info@industrialinfo.com or visit us online at http://www.industrialinfo.com/.
