Wit Ventures: Nova Announces $2.2-billion Investment in Sarnia-Lambton.

Saturday 9 December 2017

Nova Announces $2.2-billion Investment in Sarnia-Lambton.

From Melanie Irwin, Blackburn News.

After years of preliminary work, NOVA Chemicals has announced it will build its new $2.2-billion polyethylene plant in St. Clair Township.

It’s the first world scale plant construction in Chemical Valley since Petrosar, now NOVA Corunna, in the 1970’s.

The plant will be built on land next to the Calgary-based company’s Corunna facility at Rokeby Line and Hwy. 40 and will be NOVA’s second Advanced SCLAIRTECH technology facility.

“We’re proud of this technology,” said Naushad Jamani, NOVA’s Senior VP of Olefins and Feedstocks. “I might say that the technology was essentially developed right here in Sarnia. We have a plant running in Joffre today that has been sold out for many years. Our consumers are actually demanding more of those products, so this is a great, great, fit for NOVA as well as the marketplace.”

He says preliminary work is already underway with start-up of the plant targeted for late 2021.

Link to the rest here.

Nova’s Press Release.

Additional coverage.

Sarnia Observer.

Lambton Shield.

Toronto Star.

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