Calgary-Agrium Inc. said May 21 that it will proceed with construction of a new facility for production of its branded polymer-coated nitrogen product, ESN®, which has been specifically designed for the agricultural markets. New Madrid, Missouri, has been selected as the home of the new ESN® facility. “We are excited about the opportunity to increase our production capacity of ESN® so that we can continue to meet the growing demand for this unique product. We selected New Madrid due to its great access to markets, its skilled workforce and its location on the Mississippi River, making it ideally suited for our business,” said Andrew Mittag, President, Agrium Advanced Technologies. The coating facility will have an annual production capacity of 120,000 tons, and has been designed such that capacity could be doubled in the future. The incremental capacity will bring total Agrium ESN® production capacity to 360,000 tons at three separate locations. Agrium also produces ESN at Calgary, Alberta, and Sylacauga, Ala. All plans will be finalized shortly, and groundbreaking on the new facility is expected to begin in early June 2009. The plant is expected to cost approximately $36 million, be operational in 2010, and have 18 full-time employees.
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