# Atlas Tube loses $200M Alberta solar project contract to Chinese firm

Atlas Tube owner Barry Zekelman reported that his company lost a $200-million Alberta solar project contract to a Chinese company, with Atlas Tube's $15 million bid being undercut by a $12.5 million Chinese offer.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2020-05-29
- Where: Claresholm, Alberta, Canada
- Value: $200.0M
- Status: announced
- Products: steel tubing, screw piles
- Sectors: [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md)

## Companies

- [Atlas Tube](https://endata.com/companies/26419.md)
- [Magna International](https://endata.com/companies/2534.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [windsorstar.com](https://windsorstar.com/news/local-news/local-steel-suppllier-angry-after-chinese-firm-secures-deal-on-canadian-project), 2020-05-29: "I said to (project contractors), 'You are doing this at a time when millions are out of work in Canada, you have (steel) fabricators and mills begging for business, plus this is a solar project in Canada for green energy.'"

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