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Nitrogen+Syngas 398 Nov-Dec 2025

CF Industries delivers first low-carbon ammonia


CF Industries delivers first low-carbon ammonia

Ammonia producer CF Industries says that it has shipped its first cargo of low-carbon ammonia from its Donaldsonville, Louisiana facility. The 23,500 tonne shipment was purchased by commodities specialist Trafigura to be used in Antwerp, Belgium by engineering materials firm Envalior in the production of low-carbon caprolactam.

The site has produced low-carbon – also called ‘blue’ – ammonia since July, when CF Industries built a carbon capture plant at the facility that can sequester up to two million metric tonnes of CO2 per year from ammonia production. The company expects to produce approximately 1.9 million t/a of ammonia from the site, verified under the Verified Ammonia Carbon Intensity programme.

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