North American Sodium Chlorate
Brandon Advantage

Our flagship Brandon facility is ideally poised to benefit from this global pulp strength. It is the world’s largest and North America’s lowest cost sodium chlorate plant. It is also Canexus’ single largest cash flow contributor and accounts for 82% of our North American sodium chlorate capacity. Its economies of scale and unmatched low-cost hydroelectricity rates create a significant cash cost advantage over its peers. As the shaded areas on the map show, Brandon can deliver to more than 50% of North American pulp producers cheaper than anyone else.

Brandon’s low-cost advantage gives us tremendous flexibility in both up and down markets. Our cost position protects us in down markets, and our ability to expand to benefit from up markets is enviable. Currently Brandon produces just less than 20% of North America's sodium chlorate supply. We are upgrading the power line capacity at Brandon to be available in mid-2012, which sets the stage for further potential de-bottleneck expansions.