Nitrogen

EBITDA excluding special items was US$585 million, compared with US$504 million a year earlier.

The company's fertilizer output in 1Q21 increased by 2.2% y/y to 2.7 million t.

Mayo Schmidt succeeds Chuck Magro, who is stepping down from his management and Board role at the company to pursue new opportunities.

Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. and OCI N.V. are reportedly weighing an initial public offering of their fertilizer joint venture Fertiglobe.

Togliattiazot increased supplies of urea to the Russian domestic market to 35 000 t in February this year.

The two plants have earned 2020 ENERGY STAR® certification from the US Environmental Protection Agency.

The company has released its audited consolidated IFRS financial statements for 2020 and said it has launched three projects – construction of a calcium nitrate production facility and upgrading of the Ammonia-3 unit at its Novgorod site, and construction of a nitric acid unit at its Dorogobuzh site.

The investment will be used to increase urea production and enhance the reliability of existing production units as well as improve rail infrastructure and ammonia truck loading facilities.

The Goa plant of Zuari Agrochemicals is engaged in the manufacture, distribution, imports and sale of urea, DAP and various grades of NPK fertilizers, with a total installed capacity of 1.2 million tpy.

Casale will study the modifications required to boost the output by 15% to 25%, depending on the fertilizer grade to be produced, as well as furnish one new Pipe Reactor to replace the existing one in the granulator.

Borealis has decided to start a process divesting its nitrogen business unit including fertilizer, technical nitrogen and melamine products.

Sound Agriculture’s SOURCE™ has been shown to provide the equivalent of 25 – 50 lbs of nitrogen/acre for corn growers, helping to optimise nitrogen application while improving return on investment (ROI).

Haldor Topsoe and Proton Ventures BV have announced the successful startup of the first TertiNOx™ catalyst reference at Kavala Fertilizers, a nitric acid producer in Greece.

Efficiency, emissions and emergencies: Casale explains how its new nitric acid plant is helping to change Uzbekistan’s chemical industry and establish new trails for commissioning.

Mosaic has announced an agreement with BioConsortia to collaborate on new nitrogen-fixing microbial products.