Asia
21 October 2026
Written by Natalie Noor-Drugan
The Board of Directors (BoD) of Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd (GSFC) approved the construction of a 600 t/d phosphoric acid plant and a 1,800 t/d sulphuric acid plant at the company’s Sikka unit in Jamnagar, Gujarat, India, on 13 October 2026.
The project includes associated offsites and utilities, according to GSFC’s filing with the National Stock Exchange of India.
Uzbek nitric acid producer Navoiyazot JSC has signed a contract with Swiss technology company CASALE SA for a secondary nitrous oxide (N₂O) abatement catalyst system at its plant in Navoiy, Uzbekistan.
State-owned Vietnam National Chemical Group (Vinachem) and its partner Vietnam Energy and Mining Investment Joint Stock Company have restarted a potash mining and processing project in Laos.
Government and local authorities have laid the first stone of an e-methanol plant in the Indian port of Kandla, Gujarat.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Japan have signed financing agreements with AM Green for its Kakinada green ammonia project in Andhra Pradesh, India.