BASF curtails ammonia production
BASF has curtailed ammonia production at its production sites in Antwerp, Belgium, and Ludwigshafen, Germany.
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Minbos and Sagrind to establish NPK fertilizer blending plant in Angola
The Government of Angola has allocated a 20-hectare site in the Malange region for the NPK plant.
Uralchem set to open office in Nigeria
The announcement was made at a meeting at the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Moscow.
KBR to provide digital advisory services to OCI's Beaumont plant
KBR INSITE, a cloud-based remote plant monitoring service, will be used at the integrated ammonia-methanol plant in Beaumont, Texas, US.
CF Industries begins restart of Billingham ammonia plant
The restart follows an interim agreement reached with the UK government to cover the costs to restart the ammonia plant and produce CO2 for the UK market.
Ethiopia, OCP Group to establish fertilizer plant in Dire Dawa
The project will have an initial estimated investment of approximately US$2.4 billion during the first phase to develop a 2.5 million t fertilizer production unit, combining urea and NPK/NPS products.
Infinite Blue Energy to provide renewable hydrogen to Strike Energy’s urea production facility
Strike Energy will manufacture 1.4 million tpy of low carbon urea at the Narngulu Industrial Estate at Geraldton and will require up to 390 tpd of green hydrogen to complement the renewable hydrogen produced onsite.
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CF Industries halts operations at UK facilities due to high natural gas prices
The company does not have an estimate for when production will resume at the Billingham and Ince facilities.
Record natural gas prices force Yara to curtail ammonia production
Including optimisation of on-going maintenance, Yara will by next week have curtailed around 40% of its European ammonia production capacity.
Waggaman ammonia plant set to be offline for a month
No material damage has been identified to the plant following Hurricane Ida. Factoring in the anticipated restoration of power and utilities, the total outage is expected to be approximately 4 weeks from the date the plant was brought down on 28 August in anticipation of Hurricane Ida.
Production resumes at Donaldsonville ammonia plants
The complex was shut down on 28 August as part of contingency plans for Hurricane Ida.
NE Nitro Geneva acquires nitrogen plant in Nebraska
The facility in Geneva, completed in 2017, produces up to 36 000 tonnes of nitrogen-based fertilizer annually.
CVR Partners to defer Coffeyville plant turnaround
The company will defer the turnaround at its nitrogen fertilizer facility in Coffeyville, Kansas, to 3Q22.
CF Industries welcomes preliminary ITC decision on UAN imports
The US International Trade Commission ruled last week that there is a reasonable indication that imports of UAN from Russia and Trinidad and Tobago materially injure the US UAN industry.
Uralchem releases 1H21 operational results overview
Uralchem has provided an overview of the results of its operating activities for the first six months of 2021.