GrainsConnect plans to build a $30 million grain elevator at Wilkie, Sask., 130 kilometres west of Sask-atoon. It is expected to open in 2018.
The 35,000 tonne storage capacity elevator, which is similar to the one under construction at Maymont, Sask., will be able to load 130 cars in 10 hours. Canadian National Railway will serve it, a company news release said.
GrainsConnect is a joint venture of Australia’s GrainCorp and Japanese owned Zen-Noh Grain Corp.
An elevator project announced for Niobe, Alta., is on hold, but the company is considering other Alberta sites.
