Canadian Premium Sand contracts H:T

摘要

In a major development for the global glass and solar industry,and hot on the heels of recent announcements,Calgary-based Canadian Premium Sand(CPS)has contracted McMurray,PA-based HFT as the EPC contractor to conduct pre-construction design and engineering for North America's first-ever integrated glass manufacturing facility to produce glass for photovoltaic solar panels.The plant is to be built on a 121-acre greenfield site in Selkirk,Manitoba.HFT will also design the related,sand-processing facility roughly 160 kms north,near Seymourville,Manitoba.The sand facility will process the low iron silica sand to support the production of low-iron premium clarity glass at the Selkirk site.