Estevan Mercury - August 29, 2012

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Estevan Team Walking For Hope

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Football Back For Another Season

August 29, 2012

WEDNESDAY

Brantly Carson carries the ball on the opening kickoff of the Century 21 Chargers home opener Sunday. The Chargers fell 31-6 to the Weyburn Eagles and dropped to 0-2 on the season. For more on minor football see the sports section.

Smith To Join New Team In Connecticut

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Controversial Finish To Speedway Season

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Although not on the scale of the $1.2 billion clean coal plant, SaskPower unveiled another project that should have a positive impact on the environment last week. The Crown corporation held a ceremony Aug. 21 to officially open its $21.2 million fly ash load out and storage facility, which is located next to the Boundary Dam Power Station. The new terminal will eventually allow SaskPower to more than double the amount of fly ash it is able to sell. Lehigh Hanson Materials will handle the marketing and sale of the fly ash after signing a 10-year agreement with SaskPower earlier this year. SaskPower CEO Robert Watson said the facility will have benefits not only for both companies but also the environment. “There came an opportunity talking with Lehigh to sell more, and of course the more we sell the less we have to store here in the ponds and it just becomes a good news story,� Watson said. “One tonne of fly ash in the use of the production of cement gives you one tonne reduction of carbon dioxide.� On the financial side,

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Watson said with the previous fly ash facility at BDPS, SaskPower was annually selling around 110,000 tonnes of fly ash, the fine powder created during the coal combustion process. With the new facility they can ramp that figure up substantially. “We thought there was an opportunity to sell the fly ash and we talked to Lehigh and there is a much better opportunity to sell the fly ash even more far afield,â€? Watson said. “We produce about 275,000 tonnes total of fly ash out of Boundary Dam, we sell about 110,000 now. This facility will handle all the 275,000 tonnes in the future and Lehigh will ramp up their sales to get up to selling it all.â€? Watson estimated at its previous production level, SaskPower was netting an income of $6 million on Boundary Dam fly ash. With the ability to sell more fly ash, he projects they will be able to double their income and pay for the facility in “just over three years.â€? Lehigh president and CEO Jim Derkatch was on hand for last week’s unveiling and congratulated SaskPower on the construction of what he called a ⇢ A2

SaskPower CEO Robert Watson said the company’s new $21 million fly ash plant, which was unveiled at an Aug. 22 ceremony, will help both SaskPower’s bottom line and the environment.

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