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A Richardson Pioneer grain elevator in Saskatchewan on July 28, 2017. (Scott Prokop Photography/CNW Group/Richardson International)
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Richardson building new southwestern Saskatchewan elevator

On-site crop inputs facility to follow

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Winnipeg grain firm Richardson International has started work on a new high-throughput grain elevator in southwestern Saskatchewan, to be bookended by smaller elevators it already operates in the region. The company said Monday it began construction work earlier this month at Carmichael, about 65 km southwest of Swift Current, about three km south of the […] Read more
(Video screengrab from Richardson.ca)
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Richardson to upgrade western Manitoba elevator

High-throughput to replace wooden crib structure at Swan River

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Prairie grain handler Richardson Pioneer plans to start work this spring on a new high-throughput elevator “effectively replacing” its Swan River Valley unit in northwestern Manitoba. The Winnipeg company’s current site, on Canadian National Railway (CN) track about six kilometres north of the town of Swan River, is anchored by a wooden crib workhouse and […] Read more
File photo outside Viterra’s downtown Regina office building. (Glacier FarmMedia photo by Dave Bedard)
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Viterra to replace western Saskatchewan elevator

Grain firm going bigger at Biggar

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Grain firm Viterra’s asset investment plan has moved onto Biggar things. Regina-based Viterra announced Monday it’s starting construction “immediately” on a new “state of the art” elevator about two km northeast of its current elevator at Biggar, Sask., about 90 km west of Saskatoon. The new concrete facility will have storage capacity of 34,000 tonnes […] Read more
(G3.ca)
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G3’s new Vancouver terminal clears commissioning phase

Formal grand opening ceremony not happening

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Prairie grain handler G3’s new West Coast port terminal has passed its commissioning run and is now in “commercial operation,” but don’t wait for a ceremonial grand opening. Winnipeg-based G3 announced Wednesday its new 180,000-tonne capacity terminal at the Port of Vancouver is officially open, but the company has “set aside” plans for a ceremony […] Read more
A rendering of G3’s proposed grain terminal and loop track for Port Metro Vancouver. (G3.ca)
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G3 to proceed with port grain terminal at Vancouver

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Winnipeg | Reuters — Canada’s G3 Global Holdings will build a grain terminal at Port Metro Vancouver by 2020, increasing the flow of wheat and canola to Asia and Latin America, the company said on Wednesday. The Winnipeg-based partnership of Saudi Arabian agriculture company SALIC and U.S. grain handler Bunge Ltd/ had been considering the […] Read more

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