Resource companies hail $90-million project, which will help in Canada’s exports to Asia
The infrastructure project is the first phase of a $300-million port expansion that would increase the port’s capacity to ship to Asian markets sixfold. Producers of bulk commodities from coal and potash to lumber and wood pellets would benefit from the expansion.
B.C. faces competition for LNG plants from Oregon’s Coos Bay, where hearings into a proposed LNG terminal begin this week.