Fertilizer project news

Angola's Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries has confirmed to Minbos its intention to grant the company the land necessary for establishing a green ammonia and nitrogen fertilizer facility, with the Ministry agreeing to provide the necessary support for implementation of the project.

The shaft hoisting systems are for EuroChem's Usolskiy potash complex in the Perm region of Russia.

During remote commissioning of an N/C Meter in a urea plant, N/C Meter specialists from SPIE Nederland gave the commissioning instructions to a Stamicarbon Process Engineer wearing the Microsoft HoloLens in the plant via a Microsoft Teams call.

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 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.

The recommissioning of the sulfuric acid plant at Arraias is expected to be completed over a 4-month timeframe in order to commence sulfuric acid sales during 1Q22.

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.

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.

KBR will proactively analyse operations at EuroChem's Kingisepp ammonia plant.