ATOME takes $665m FID on world's first green fertilizer plant

Image: Olivier Mussat, CEO of ATOME (right), and Federico Zardi, CEO of Casale (right). Image courtesy of CASALE.

London-listed green fertilizer developer ATOME has reached Final Investment Decision (FID) on its 260,000-tonne-per-year low-carbon fertilizer plant in Villeta, Paraguay. The deal closes a total $665 million financing package from an international coalition of development finance institutions, equity investors and local partners. The decision — conditional on shareholder approval expected in May 2026 — transitions ATOME from developer into industrial producer.