Ray-Mont Logistics is pitching the government of Canada on a Prince Rupert port expansion, and the company is lobbying Saskatchewan to get behind the project.

Saskatchewan’s lobbyist database shows Ray-Mont is seeking meetings with the province’s trade, finance and energy ministers to discuss its plans to construct a potash export facility in Prince Rupert, B.C., and get support for its federal proposal to expand the port’s potash export capacity.

Energy and Resources Minister Chris Beaudry met with executives from Ray-Mont on Aug. 19, according to a Government of Saskatchewan spokesperson.

“It was a productive discussion, and we are pleased to hear about the company’s plan to develop a potash export terminal at Prince Rupert, B.C.,” the spokesperson said.

The Prince Rupert Port Authority and the Canadian subsidiary of German fertilizer producer K+S Group are also named in the lobbyist registration as affiliated organizations.

K+S is one of four companies responsible for all potash production in Canada, along with Nutrien Ltd., the Mosaic Company and Compass Minerals. K+S recently began a multi-year expansion to double the output of its Bethune mine in Saskatchewan.

Nutrien is the largest potash fertilizer producer in the world, shipping about 26 million tonnes of potash, nitrogen and phosphate annually. In 2025, the company chose the Port of Longview, Wash., as the site for its new potash export facility, citing stronger rail connections, deepwater access and construction feasibility in the state compared to B.C. ports.

Ray-Mont is also currently lobbying the federal government for grants and other financial benefits related to projects in B.C.

More than $3 billion in expansion is already underway at the Port of Prince Rupert, which projects it will double its trade volume in the next decade. The $750 million CANXPORT project on Ridley Island, operated by Ray-Mont, is expected to be completed in summer 2026, and will add capacity for about 6 million tonnes of cargo.

The Canada Infrastructure Bank put $150 million into the export hub in 2024, marking the first time the CIB invested in a port.

Ray-Mont did not respond to a request for comment by the time of publication.

By Brett McKay, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Original Published on Aug 26, 2026 at 17:11

 

This item reprinted with permission from   Investigative Journalism Foundation   Toronto, Ontario

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