CN Rail, First Nation plan to break ground on new 'bitumen puck' facility this year

[Zoomzoom]

The real question is why this wasn't developed years ago already?

As a puck made of oilsands bitumen was tossed into the air, railway executive James Auld joked, "we almost had an oil spill there."

Auld and other officials were upbeat as they gave their first public presentation on the pucks — a solid product similar to coal that can float in water.

The pucks resemble a single-serving yogurt container and are about the size of a bar of soap. Bitumen is converted into a solid product and sealed in plastic. The pucks are designed to be transported in regular container cars by train and loaded onto cargo ships at underutilized coal terminals on the West Coast.

The pucks would be produced using recycled plastics made from low-density materials such as plastic bags.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/cn-rail-canapux-1.4982153

 

[Gordon_R]

Ummm, why is this in the News forum? Does it have any relevance to anyone in SA?

 

[Zoomzoom]

Ummm, why is this in the News forum? Does it have any relevance to anyone in SA?

cos it's news? Why do we have so much airspace dedicated to Trump or Brexit - also only marginally relevant to day-to-day life in SA. International news is still news. Global warming is news. It's news. Oil spills are most certainly relevant to SA. The last one was horrific.

 

[konfab]

This is an excellent development. Canada has finally produced something that is of value to this world .

 

[silentc]

This is an excellent development. Canada has finally produced something that is of value to this world .

Christopher Plummer, Keanu Reeves, Ryan Reynolds among others would like to disagree.

 

[ShaunSA]

Christopher Plummer, Keanu Reeves, Ryan Reynolds among others would like to disagree.

Who?

 

[yebocan]

Christopher Plummer, Keanu Reeves, Ryan Reynolds among others would like to disagree.

as Chang gave us : taH pagh taHbe