Ammonia news

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.

Production was suspended earlier in July due to the calcium chloride content rising abruptly in the Kama river, from which the plant takes water for production.

The Russian Fertilizers Producers Association has welcomed the decision of a World Trade Organisation panel to rule against EU anti-dumping duties being applied to Russian ammonium nitrate, and said it expects the EU to abolish unlawful import duties.

The Proteos nitrogen project’s implementation is expected to require three years following the preparation of a detailed project report and assuming a positive investment decision and commencement of construction by Karnalyte.

Output is being increased at the Veliky Novgorod facility’s Ammonia-4 unit to 2500 tpd.

Despite the severity of the impact of the pandemic, the top ammonia producers are likely to march ahead with their upcoming ammonia projects.

The NEOM project will use about 4 GW of renewable power from solar, wind, and storage to produce 650 tpd of carbon-free hydrogen.

Uralchem halted production on Wednesday 8 July due to the calcium chloride content rising abruptly in the Kama river, from which the plant takes water for production.