Cabot, Westmoreland Coal To Expand Activated Carbon Manufacturing Capacity

(RTTNews) - Cabot Corp. (CBT) and Westmoreland Coal Co. (WLB) announced plans to increase activated carbon manufacturing capacity in North America. The joint venture partners intend to double the capacity of their Bienfait, Saskatchewan manufacturing facility to meet the future demand for mercury removal products for use in the coal-fired utility market.

The jointly owned facility would produce an additional 35 million pounds of powdered activated carbon. The Bienfait plant would continue to be served from a co-located mine that is operated by Westmoreland. The additional capacity would be commissioned in 2016.

The expansion would produce Cabot's benchmark DARCO® Hg family of mercury removal products. Cabot would be accountable for the marketing of these products as well as the technology package, whilst Westmoreland continues to be the operator of the plant.