PCS Prepares for Construction to Begin Immediately on Major Expansion in North Carolina

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Researched by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources, Incorporated; Houston, Texas). Construction trailers are being mobilized, as PCS Phosphate Company Incorporated (Northbrook, Illinois), a subsidiary of Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Incorporated (NYSE:POT)(Saskatoon, Saskatchewan), expects civil construction and excavation to begin next week for a major expansion of its Purified Acid Plant (PAP) in Aurora, North Carolina. This expansion will include the addition of a new production unit to produce an estimated 82,000 metric tons per year of purified phosphoric acid.

Jacobs Engineering Group Incorporated (NYSE:JEC ) (Pasadena, California) is providing engineering and construction services under an E+P+C/M agreement, while Jacobs' subsidiary, JE Merit Company, is providing onsite construction management. This approximately $60 million project will be PCS's fourth purified acid unit at the Aurora site. The third purified acid unit was installed and completed in late 2003, increasing the plant's total capacity to an estimated 251,000 metric tons per year.

The Aurora plant site also includes four large sulfuric acid units, ranging in size from 2,000 to 3,700 tons per day each. The combination of sulfuric acid and purified acid units continues to play a significant role in PCS's ability to meet the increasing demand for high quality and purified grades of phosphoric acid.

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