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U.S. Gulf Coast Petchem Building Boom Rumbles Along

The U.S. Gulf Coast has seen some significant Chemical Processing Industry project.related announcements in July.

July's announcements include the location of a new ethylene oxide unit to be built in Texas, a joint venture to develop an ethylene/polyethylene plant, and a deal to

supply industrial gasses to yet another big petrochemical project in the works.

The announcements came despite news of some potential global headwinds, as industry juggernaut BASF Corporation (Ludwigshafen, Germany) lowered its

earnings outlook for the year.

INEOS Oxide, part of INEOS Group AG (London, England), said in early July that its planned 1.2 billion.pound.per.year ethylene oxide (EO) and associated

downstream ethylene oxide derivatives (EOD) unit will be built at its Chocolate Bayou manufacturing works facility in Brazoria County, about 45 miles south of

Houston, Texas. Industrial Info is tracking more than $1.27 billion in project activity at the 2,400.acre Chocolate Bayou site, where construction of a new linear alpha

olefins unit and associated poly alpha olefins unit already is underway For more information, see Industrial Info's project reports on the EO unit, the linear alpha

olefins unit and the polyalphaolefins unit.

In all, Brazoria County is host to $4.23 billion in Chemical Processing Industry project activity being tracked by Industrial Info.

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INEOS said in March it had doubled the size of its planned EO and EOD unit to 1.2 billion pounds per year to support the EO merchant market and the company's

own requirements The company said it plans to allow third parties to co.locate on the site and consume EO by pipeline

The Chocolate Bayou site currently has two olefins crackers, two polypropylene units and two cogeneration facilities. The new EO and EOD units will reinforce on.

site integration to the benefit of the existing facilities, INEOS said. EO mainly is used as an intermediate chemical in the production of several industrial chemicals,

including ethylene glycol, which is used in antifreeze and coolants, among other things

INEOS Olefins and Polymers USA has 12 wholly.owned manufacturing sites, along with joint venture sites with Chevron Phillips Chemical LLC (The Woodlands,

Texas) and Sasol Limited (NYSE:SSL) (Johannesburg, South Africa).

During the same week of the INEOS announcement, Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC and Qatar Petroleum (Doha, Qatar) announced plans to jointly

develop an $8 billion petrochemical project at a yet.t0-be.determined site on the U.S. Gulf Coast. The project would include a 2 million.ton.per.year ethylene unit and

a pair of 2 million.ton.per.year high.density polyethylene units.

Chevron Phillips would own 51 % of the facility, and Qatar Petroleum would own 49%. Chevron Phillips, itself a joint venture of Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX)

(San Ramon, California) and Phillips 66 Company (NYSE:PSX) (Houston, Texas), would manage the project and be responsible for the plant's operation and

management.

The two companies said they expect to make a final investment decision (FID) by 2021, with a targeted facility startup in 2024.

Although the location of the project was not disclosed, the companies said the site would be where there is direct access to the Permian Basin's shale gas reserves.

Industrial Info began tracking this project in June 2015. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.

Also this month, Air Liquide said it had signed a long.term agreement to supply oxygen and nitrogen to Gulf Coast Growth Ventures' (GCGV) planned 1.8 million.ton.

per.year ethane cracker in San Patricio County, Texas, near Corpus Christi. GCGV is a 50 50 joint venture of Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSEXOM) (Irving, Texas)

and Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)

Air Liquide said it will supply 2,000 tons per day of oxygen and 900 tons per day of nitrogen to the facility via its Gulf Coast pipeline network. In support of that supply

agreement, Air Liquide said it plans to build a new world.scale air separation unit in Bay City, Texas. For more information on the air separation unit, see Industrial

Info's project report.

Construction on the joint.venture GCGV plant will begin in the third quarter of 2019, and operational startup is anticipated by 2022. Industrial Info is tracking four

projects that comprise the estimated $10 billion facility Click here for the list. For related information, see June 14, 2019, article . ExxonMobil.SABIC Chemical

Project Is One of Several Planned to Start Construction This Year in Texas, Louisiana.

Amid all the new project news, BASF reported on July 8 that it now expects earnings before interest and taxes for 2019 to be as much as 30% below the prior.year

level. Growth in industrial production during the first half of 2019 was much lower than expected, the industry giant said.

"The downturn in growth in the global automotive industry was particularly strong," BASF said in a press release. "Globally, production declined by around 6% in the

first half of 2019. In China, the world's largest automotive market, the decrease was more than twice as high, at around 13%."

BASF also cited "weak development" in North America's agricultural sector, due to adverse weather. Also, the ongoing U.S .. China trade dispute led to lower demand

for crop protection products, BASF said.

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Active Metals & Minerals Industry Projects Approach $1.9 Trillion Worldwide

Industrial Info is tracking $1.86 trillion in active Metals & Minerals Industry projects throughout the world. The mining sector, with more than $965 billion in projects,

leads the industry in terms of project value, followed by steel manufacturing. Asia, with nearly $87 4 billion in active projects, leads other world regions.

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Among the top projects currently underway is Rio Tinto's (NYSE:RIO) (London, England) addition project at a copper and gold mine in Mongolia. At the existing

open-pit mine, engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor Jacobs Engineering Group Incorporation (NYSE:JEC) (Dallas, Texas) is developing a

block-cave mine, including 200 kilometers of lateral underground tunnels and five vertical mine shafts to expand mine capacity to 430,000 tons per year of copper

and 495,000 ounces per year of gold. Construction began in mid-2017 and is expected to take four years to complete For more information, see Industrial Info's

project report

From 2014 through 2017, China accounted 80% of the rare-earth imports by the U.S., according to a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) report China's rare-earth

mining production quota amounted to 120,000 tons last year, or more than 70% of worldwide production, but actual production of rare-earth-oxide equivalent was

estimated to be at least 180,000 tons, according to China's Ministry of Commerce.

South America is a leading destination for mining projects, and Santiago, Chile-based Codelco is the world's leading copper producer. Among the company's projects

is an underground copper mine addition at its mine near Chuquicamata, Chile. The project entails a 140,000-ton-per-day mine using block caving to extend the

facility's life until 2058, producing 360,000 tons per year of copper and 18,000 tons per year of molybdenum. The project kicked off in 2016 and is expected to wrap

up in the first half of 2021. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report

In the U.S , one of the biggest planned Metals & Minerals projects is Hudbay Minerals lncorporated's (Toronto, Ontario) Rosemont above-ground copper,

molybdenum and silver mine and mill near Sahuarita, Arizona, near Tucson. The open-pit sulfide ore mine and flotation plant will produce 224 million pounds per

year of copper, 4.7 million pounds per year of molybdenum and 2.7 million ounces per year of silver over a 19-year mine life. Ausenco Limited (Vancouver, British

Columbia) is providing EPC. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.

Among the largest planned steel projects is Steel Dynamics lncorporated's (NASDAQ STLD) (Fort Wayne, Indiana) planned mill in the southwestern U.S. The

company has not determined a final destination for the planned mill, but San Patricio County, Texas, is on the shortlist The company is expected to invest $1.8 billion

in the mill, which will have a production capacity of 3 million tons per year. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report and April 23, 2019, article - Steel

Dynamics Provides Update on Plans for U.S. Southwest Steel Mill

Other Metals & Minerals sectors tracked by Industrial Info include the aluminum sector. Among the aluminum projects under construction in North America is JW

Aluminum Company's (Goose Creek, South Carolina) expansion of an aluminum sheet rolling mill in Mount Holly, South Carolina. The project includes a 220,000-

square-foot building to house equipment to increase production by an additional 175 million pounds per year. In addition, the recycling center will be upgraded by

replacing old furnaces with new melting furnaces and scrap charging machines. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.



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Kickoffs in Western Canada

Low oil and gas prices are rattling Western Canada, where uncertainty surrounding Alberta's curtailed crude-Oil production and delayed pipeline projects have taken

a bite out of capital spending. Nonetheless, power-generation demand remains strong in the region, as the oil-and-gas powerhouse continues to diversify its energy

resources. Industrial Info is tracking more than $2.1 billion in active power-generation projects in Western Canada that are set to begin construction in the third

quarter.

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One of the largest projected kickoffs is a joint venture between a Canadian utility and a U.S. utility: Manitoba Hydro's (Winnipeg, Manitoba) and Minnesota Power's

(Duluth, Minnesota) Manitoba-Minnesota Transmission Project, which would connect Manitoba Hydro's Dorsey Converter Station in Rosser, Manitoba, with

Minnesota Power's Iron Range Substation in Duluth, Minnesota. Minnesota Power, a subsidiary of ALLETTE Incorporated (NYSE:ALE) (Duluth), has agreed to buy

250 megawatts (MW) of power from Manitoba Hydro, beginning in 2020.

The Canadian leg of the project features a $268.5 million line in Manitoba, running 121 miles from the Dorsey substation to the U.S.-Canadian border, and three

substation modifications, each valued at $116 million, in Rosser, Springfield and Glenboro. For more information, see Industrial Info's project reports on the

transmission line and Rosser, Springfield and Glenboro substations.

The project took a major step forward in June, when Canada's federal government approved it following a long, sometimes tumultuous dispute between Manitoba

Premier Brian Pallister and the Manitoba Melis Federation, a group representing the Melis people in the province. The agreement did include a lengthy list of

conditions from the National Energy Board to ensure construction safety, environmental protection and ongoing participation for Indigenous groups, according to

Reuters.

Manitoba Hydro also is planning a multi-phase project, called the St. Vital Transmission Complex, to bolster the power supply to areas just south of Winnipeg that

have seen significant growth in recent years Industrial Info is tracking the three major components of the project:

• the $25.6 million St. Vital-to-De Salaberry segment, which will run 25 miles from the St Vital Substation, near Winnipeg, to a substation in De Salaberry; see

project report

• the $46 million De Salaberry-to-Letellier segment, which will run 45 miles from the De Salaberry Substation to a substation outside Letellier; see project report

• the $24.8 million St. Vital-to-La Verendrye segment, which will run 22 miles from the St Vital Substation to a substation near Oak Bluff; see project report

An Unlikely Haven for Renewables

Depressed oil prices and the diminishing status of coal-fired power have even the most fossil fuel-rich areas of Canada looking to renewable energy for future

developments. Coal still provides about 35% of Alberta's electricity, but natural gas now supplies about half of the province's power generation, and wind and solar

are becoming more attractive energy sources, according to CBC News.

Greengate Power Corporation (Calgary, Alberta) is planning to begin construction later this summer on the estimated $219.5 million Stirling Windfarm near

lethbridge, Alberta, which is designed to generate about 115 MW from 32 turbines. Greengate claims to have already developed about one-third of all wind energy

produced in Alberta. Perimeter Solar Incorporated (Kincardine, Ontario) is planning a $260 million solar-power plant in Claresholm, which is designed to generate

130 MW from photovoltaic panels For more information, see Industrial Info's reports on the Stirling Windfarm and Claresholm solar plant

Although Alberta's newly elected conservative leadership recently axed the previous government's Renewable Electricity Plan, which relied in part on subsidies to

reach 30% renewable-based electricity generation in Alberta by 2030, many wind-energy operators remain optimistic about the resource's future in the province,

according to the Calgary Herald.

"Renewable technology has continued to improve, costs have continued to come down, and now renewables make sense on a market, subsidy-free basis," Dan

Balaban, the chief executive officer of Greengate Power, told the Herald.

About 66% of all Canadian electricity comes from renewable sources, and the country is recognized as a global leader in hydropower generation One of the highest

valued projects in Western Canada is Saskatchewan's province-owned utility SaskPower's (Regina) $300 million refurbishment of six units at the E.B. Campbell

Hydro Station in Nipawin, which involves modernizing six turbines that generate 204 MW. It is expected to kick off later this summer. For more information, see

Industrial Info's project report.



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Industrial Info is pleased to be presenting a complimentary webinar on the North American Food & Beverage Industry on August 8 at 9 a.m. CDT (10 a.m. EDT). Join

Randy Godel, Industrial Info's vice president of Food & Beverage Industry research, and Shaheen Chohan, vice president of Global Analytics, as they discuss the

spending outlook for the industry in 2019-20.

The U.S. Food & Beverage Industry's growth has been on an upward trajectory since the end of the global recession, and for many firms, much of that growth has

been the result of strong gains in export markets and duty-free imports While underlying trends and key market dynamics in domestic markets influence the outlook

for capital expenditures, recent disruptions to trade flows and the imposition of tariffs on food products will have the biggest impact. What once seemed like just

rhetoric and posturing over trade agreements has since turned into the volleying of tariffs by trading partners and the seeking of new partnerships U.S. firms and

their manufacturing bases are responding to the potential for an all-out trade war. Industrial Info's industry experts will discuss the current state of the Food &

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Want to know where the Mining sector is headed for the rest of this year and into 2020? Join Industrial Info for a complimentary webinar on global Mining project

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Join Joe Govreau, Industrial Info's vice president of Metals & Minerals Industry research, and Shaheen Chohan, vice president of Global Analytics, as they discuss

important topics in sector. Learn from these experts about the key trends that will drive project spending in the Global Mining Industry for 2019 and 2020, including

analysis by commodity and geographic region.

Some topics will include:

• Geographic analysis of mine project spending for 2019 and comparison to previous years

• Commodity discussions on coal, base metals and precious metals, as well as trending minerals, including lithium, cobalt and frac sand

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• Impact of U.S. tariffs/trade war on U.S. and global markets

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