New Delhi — Indian Farmers Fertiliser Co-operative Ltd. (IFFCO) is eyeing land at the Quebec government’s Becancour Waterfront Industrial Park for a new nitrogen plant, according to reports in the Indian press. Earlier this summer IFFCO issued an Expression of Interest regarding the engineering and construction of an ammonia and urea complex in Eastern Canada (GM June 4, p. 9). IFFCO’s Canadian partner is Pacific Gateway Energy (PGE) in a joint venture named IFFCO Canada Enterprises Ltd. The plant is now being pegged at US$1.2 billion, with urea capacity of over 1.2 million mt/y. The timeline to actual operation is put at five years. PGE is an investment company formed to take an equity stake in IFFCO Canada. Since incorporation in 2011, PGE says it has identified and visited over 50 sites in North America, and has chosen Quebec as an ideal location for a new plant.
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