# NOVA Chemicals' $3B polyethylene plant near start-up in St. Clair Township

NOVA Chemicals' new $3 billion polyethylene plant on Rokeby Line in St. Clair Township, Ontario, is weeks away from starting production. The facility will have capacity to produce approximately one billion pounds of polyethylene plastic per year and add about 140 full-time positions.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2023-09-13
- Where: St. Clair Township, Ontario, Canada, Canada
- Value: $3.00B
- Jobs: 140
- Starts operating: Oct 2023
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: one billion pounds per year
- Products: polyethylene plastic pellets
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [thesarniajournal.ca](https://www.thesarniajournal.ca/news/3-billion-nova-chemical-plant-only-weeks-from-start-up-7973479), 2023-09-13: "Everything is built, we’re circulating hydrocarbon, we’ve done our commissioning activities… We’re really happy with the progress; we just need to get the feedstock there."

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