Nitrogen

Hungarian nitrogen fertilizer producer Nitrogénmuvek has temporarily halted ammonia production as a result of high natural gas prices.

Borealis will now consider various options regarding the future of its nitrogen business.

The two plants have a combined annual capacity of 1 million t of ammonia and 0.9 million t of urea.

Petrobras has not called off or altered talks to sell an unfinished fertilizer plant to Russian group Acron even as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has triggered Western sanctions.

Interim Chief Executive Ken Seitz said Nutrien will boost potash production if it sees sustained supply problems in Russia and Belarus.

The NPK plant is being built within FACT's existing manufacturing facility of Cochin Division (CD) at Ambalam Edu in the Ernakulam district in the state of Kerala.

TOAZ has shut down operation of 4 ammonia units and put 3 ammonia units into a reduced load mode.

Based on investigations to date, Incitec Pivot Ltd. expects it will take between 6 and 8 weeks to complete the repairs and restart the plant.

As part of an initiative at the Herøya facility to replace the current hydrogen production process through liquefied fossil gas with green hydrogen based on renewable energy, Casale has committed its own technology, including the design of brand-new ammonia converter internals.

Cooperation between the companies will aim to bring Industry 4.0 innovations into the nitrogen fertilizer industry and, in particular, the urea process.

The designed capacity of the UFN III plant, also known as Nitrogen Fertilizer Unit III, is 800 000 tpy of ammonia and 1.3 million tpy of carbamide.

The Australian Government’s Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility has committed AUS$255 million for critical infrastructure for the project.

The enterprise value of the offer is set at €455 million, with closing foreseen in the second half of 2022.

Major project status gives Strike access to the Major Projects Facilitation Agency for approvals, project support and coordination.

The deal will enable CF Fertilisers’ Billingham plant to continue to operate while global gas prices remain high.