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    Nitrogen+Syngas 396 Jul-Aug 2025

    Drone attack on Nevinnomyssk Azot


    Russian and Ukrainian news outlets have reported that there has been a drone attack on the Nevinnomyssk Azot chemical plant in Russia’s Stavropol district. The attack took place on the night of June 14th. Ukraine’s Centre for Counteracting Disinformation said that the fertilizer plant “is a critical element of the Russian military-industrial complex. It produces up to a million tonnes of ammonia and more than a million tonnes of ammonium nitrate annually – a key component for explosives and artillery shells.”

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    India’s CFCL starts TAN production at Gadepan

    Chambal Fertilisers and Chemicals (CFCL) commenced commercial production of technical ammonium nitrate at its Gadepan complex in Kota district, Rajasthan, on 20 August, the company confirmed in a stock exchange filing. The unit produces prilled high-density ammonium nitrate (HDAN) and has a capacity of 240,000 t/a. An integrated weak nitric acid plant at the same site has a capacity of 210,000 t/a and supplies the downstream unit. Larsen & Toubro executed the works on a lump-sum turnkey basis under a technology licence from Casale, it said.