# NOVA Chemicals progresses $2.2B Corunna polyethylene and cracker expansion

NOVA Chemicals is building a second polyethylene facility on Rokeby Line and expanding the Corunna cracker in Corunna, Ontario. The $2.2 billion investment is expected to create 150 permanent jobs and increase polyethylene production capacity by 950 million pounds by 2021.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2019-12-11
- Where: Corunna, Ontario, Canada
- Value: $2.20B
- Jobs: 150
- Starts operating: 2021
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 950 million pounds of polyethylene per year
- Products: polyethylene, ethylene
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [NOVA Chemicals](https://endata.com/companies/2940.md)

## Sources

- [windsornewstoday.ca](https://windsornewstoday.ca/sarnia/news/2019/12/11/nova-reports-good-progress-2-2b-corunna-projects-video), 2019-12-11: "NOVA Chemicals says 2019 was an extremely productive year as work continues on a pair of high-cost projects locally."
- [thesarniajournal.ca](https://www.thesarniajournal.ca/news/new-nova-plant-rising-up-as-project-hits-midway-point-7970173), 2020-01-02: "It’s extremely busy on site."

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