Pipeline infrastructure firm Kinder Morgan announced this week a deal for Evraz North America’s Regina, Saskatchewan steel mill to supply about 250,000 metric tons, or 800 kilometers, of the pipe needed to expand the Trans Mountain pipeline between Alberta and British Columbia.
Material will be sourced from Evraz’s recycled metal operations in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario, and the pipe will be manufactured by Canadian members of the United Steelworkers Union.
According to Kinder Morgan, the $7.4 billion expansion project will result in 15,000 jobs per year during construction, which is expected to begin in fall 2017. The project is expected to be in service in late 2019.