Heartland Sulphur has increased re-melting capacity at its sulfur terminal near Edmonton, Alberta, by 40pc and plans to grow total re-melting capacity to 1,500 metric tonnes (t)/day by the end of 2026.
Heartland Sulphur operates a sulfur re-melting and forming facility near Edmonton. The company is a partnership between sulfur marketer Lion Sulphur and distribution company Inter-chem.
Heartland said that de-bottlenecking improvements at the terminal have raised capacity to re-melt Canadian crushed bulk sulfur to 700t/day, up from 500t/day.
The company has also completed a feasibility study and will further expand re-melt capacity to 1,500 t/day by the end of 2026. The increase would triple the original re-melt capacity of the facility when it was commissioned in 2021.
Crushed bulk sulfur must be re-melted before either being delivered via rail in molten form to consumers across North America or formed into solid granules for export out of the Port of Vancouver, in British Columbia.
The increased re-melting capacity will allow Heartland to better fill a growing deficit in supply in both domestic and global sulfur markets.
Heartland's Alberta-based sulfur terminal has 4,500 t/day of forming capacity and can transport molten sulfur to North American destinations, as well as the capacity to receive and condition molten and solid sulfur.
