The project in Gamasa City, Egypt, is scheduled to be delivered in 22 months, while the project in Oromia, Ethiopia, is due to be delivered in 15 months from the contract LC opening date.
The company expects that admission will become effective early November.
The board’s decision will see Mardie become the first new solar salt operation in Western Australia in almost 25 years, and the first to produce salt and sulfate of potash (SOP) from seawater.
The Green Wolverine project in the Norrbotten region of Sweden will require an investment of more than €1 billion and could become operational by 2026.
A total of 11 new bores have been drilled in the project's western and southern borefields so far, of the 76 new bores scheduled to be developed through project construction.
Saipem will adopt Honeywell Forge software to create a digital twin for its urea technology to support clients with virtual simulations to improve their production targets.
Total funding of approximately AUS$1.2 billion is required to develop the sulfate of potash (SOP) project to a capacity of 5.35 million tpy of salt and 140 000 tpy of SOP.
The facility will be located near Fertiglobe’s subsidiary EBIC in Ain Sokhna in Egypt and is a first step towards developing a green hydrogen hub in Ain Sokhna.
The plant will be an integrated facility using solar and wind energy to produce green ammonia.
The study will assess whether industrial-scale manufacturing of green ammonia at the Gibson Island fertilizer manufacturing facility in Queensland, Australia, is technically and commercially feasible on an existing brownfield site.
The first drillhole, OHM-02, is planned in 4Q21 to a depth of 665 m which is expected to fully penetrate the known potash horizon in the area.
Speaking during his weekly live broadcast on social media, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro did not provide many details on the project but said it would be presented next month.
The study has indicated the project is capable of achieving a nameplate production target of 245 000 tpy of sulfate of potash over an initial Life-of-Mine of 21 years.
The Heritage survey was conducted in accordance with the standards and requirements of Western Desert Lands Aboriginal Corp.
The batch of sulfate of potash produced during the product commissioning process achieved the required product specification.