Member Companies
Agrium Redwater
Location
9 km south of Redwater
Employees and full time contractors (excluding construction workforce)
Approximately 672
Products
Ammonia, Ammonium Nitrate, Ammonium Sulphate, UAN (urea ammonium nitrate) solution, Urea, Mixed Sulphuric Acid, Gypsum (impure), Anhydrous Ammonia, Granular Urea, Mono Ammonium Phosphate, Nitric Acid, Phosphoric Acid
Contact
Phone: 780-998-6111
Overview
Agrium is a leading global producer and marketer of agricultural nutrients and industrial products in both North America and Argentina. After years of harvest, soil nutrients become depleted. Agrium’s complete line of crop nutrients replaces those nutrients to sustain crop production and soil quality for future generations. The company is as committed to nurturing communities as they are to safe, efficient crop nutrient production. The fertilizer plant at Redwater occupies 372 hectares along the North Saskatchewan River. This operation is the largest fertilizer complex in Canada and the largest in North America; producing approximately 680,000 tonnes of ammonium phosphate (MAP) and close to 1.4 million tonnes of nitrogen based nutrients.
Natural gas, air, water, sulphur and phosphate rock are the raw materials used to manufacture fertilizer at Redwater. The water comes from the nearby North Saskatchewan River and the natural gas and sulphur are purchased from Alberta producers. The phosphate rock is supplied by Agrium’s phosphate mine near Kapuskasing, Ontario.
There are six major nutrients shipped from the Redwater complex. The facility has 22 km of track capable of storing 600 railcars. Three locomotives, one switcher, and a railcar purging and repair facility are used to manage Redwater’s railcar traffic. About 10,000 railcars of phosphate rock are received and offloaded per year and 12,000 railcars and 24,000 trucks of finished products are shipped annually. During peak season up to 400 trucks are loaded with product each day.