Profiting from environmental regulations

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CHEMTRADE LOGISTICS INCOME FUND $14.04 (Toronto symbol CHE.UN; SI Rating: Speculative) (416-496-5856; www.chemtradelogistics.com; Units outstanding: 30.7 million; Market cap: $431.0 million; Dividend yield: 8.5%) is one of North America’s largest suppliers of sulphuric acid, sulphur, liquid sulphur dioxide and sodium hydrosulphite. It also supplies sodium chlorate, phosphorous pentasulphide and zinc oxide. In addition to selling chemicals, Chemtrade processes spent acid. Chemtrade has three divisions: The Sulphur Products and Performance Chemicals division supplies about 59% of the fund’s revenue. Pulp Chemicals accounts for 10% of revenue, and the International division supplies the remaining 31%. This division removes and markets sulphur and sulphuric acid outside of North America. Environmental market is secure Removal services are important for certain companies, such as oil refineries and base-metal processors. That’s because they create sulphur by-products during their processing activities. In order to meet environmental regulations, they must recover these byproducts or they could be forced to halt production. Chemtrade processes these by-products into useful chemicals, such as sulphuric…