Companies to build facility in Bécancour

A new project could cool down emotions caused by the closure Québec’s only nuclear plant.

According to CBC News, the Quebec government will announce its support of a 1.2 billion dollar fertilizer production facility for the Bécancour region.

Two large agricultural companies including IFFCO from India will be partners in the project. They are set to invest 100 million to 200 million dollars.

The new factory will produce urea which is needed to make fertilizer. It will also employ 500 workers to build it and 200 to work in it.

The Bécancour region has been hit recently by the announcement of the closure of the Gentilly-2 nuclear plant. A report by Hydro-Québec said the plant was too expensive to maintain.