Nitrogen

Acron Group has shipped approximately 1 million t of mineral fertilizers to domestic growers in 2020, up 50% year-on-year.

According to GlobalData, the global urea capacity is posed to see considerable growth by 2030, with India accounting for 21% of additions.

The project should increase the company’s reduction of CO2e to more than 1 million tpy.

Stamicarbon has developed a urea plant simulator with cloud solution, enabling operator training to be performed remotely.

Acron Group has begun major overhauls at its Veliky Novgorod site, Russia.

Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. has informed that it has started the opportunity disclosure stage, referring to the sale of all its shares in Araucária Nitrogenados S.A.

Shchekinoazot has reported 2 years of stable operation of its methanol and ammonia co-production plant based on Haldor Topsoe’s technology.

Acron Group has adopted a mobile solution for real-time equipment monitoring at its ammonia operations in Dorogobuzh, Smolensk region.

KBR and Johnson Matthey have recently announced that they have signed an alliance agreement to license an ammonia-methanol co-production process that combines their ammonia and methanol technologies.

MHI Compressor International Corp. will supply the compression for Gulf Coast Ammonia’s ammonia production facility in Texas City, USA,

MAN Energy Solutions has announced the successful, remote commissioning of a compressor train at Uzbekistan’s largest chemical company, JSC Navoiyazot.

Haldor Topsoe and BASF have announced that they entered into an agreement to offer ammonia producers new optimisation possibilities.

The British Ports Association have released a statement following the recent explosion in the Port of Beirut.

PJSC Dorogobuzh (part of Acron Group) has finalised technical upgrades to its unit producing ammonia, a basic component for nitrogen and complex mineral fertilizers.

Ammonium nitrate and complex fertilizers (NPK) were most popular with Russian growers over the period.