Category: Agricultural

New collaboration between ICL and Landhandel Peters on blending plant in Germany

Two fertilizer plants, formerly part of the Interagro Group, are being offered for sale by the liquidator, Sierra Quadrant. The factories, Ga-Pro-Co in Săvinești and Donau Chem at Turnu Măgurele, are available for direct negotiation starting at €17.8 million plus VAT and €18 million plus VAT, according to the liquidator, with a public auction to be held in September. Assets available include plants for the production of ammonia, urea, nitric acid, ammonium nitrate and liquid fertilisers, as well as transportation infrastructure for both road and rail.

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 […]

Linda has signed a new long-term agreement with Blue Point Number One, a joint venture between CF Industries, JERA and Mitsui. Under the terms of the agreement, Linde will supply industrial gases to Blue Point’s 1.4 million t/a low carbon ammonia plant in Ascension Parish, Louisiana. Linde will build, own and operate a world-scale air […]

There has been a release of nitrogen oxides from Austin Powder’s Red Diamond plant in Ohio. The company says that the decomposition of nitric acid caused the incident due to elevated temperatures inside a 5,000-gallon storage tank. This led to a visible release of nitrogen oxide gas, which was vented through the plant’s built-in safety […]

INPEX Corp says that it has commenced commissioning work, including the introduction of natural gas at its integrated blue hydrogen and ammonia production and utilisation demonstration test project in Kashiwazaki City, Niigata Prefecture. The project is the first of its kind in Japan to implement an integrated process from the production to the use of […]

Casale has signed two contracts with Xin Lian Xin Chemicals Group Co.,Ltd for the implementation of ammonia and urea technologies in the company’s new urea complex in Henan province. Capacities for the two plants will be 2,700 t/d of ammonia and 3,500 t/d of urea. Casale says that the complex will be its first grassroots […]

Marubeni has signed a long-term offtake agreement with green technology company Envision Energy Co., Ltd for ammonia produced from renewable energy in Inner Mongolia, China. Marubeni says that it will take a certain volume of green ammonia produced at a plant on a long-term basis and supply it to clients. This project marks Marubeni’s first […]

The SA-H2 Fund – a partnership between climate finance investor Climate Fund Managers and Dutch development financing institution Invest International – has committed up to $20 million in development funding to complete the final stage of development of the Hive Hydrogen Coega Green Ammonia Project – South Africa’s first large-scale green ammonia production facility. SA-H2 […]

KBR says that they have been awarded a second ammonia cracking technology contract by Hanwha Impact Corporation for its clean power generation facility in Korea. Under the terms of the agreement, KBR will provide technology licensing, proprietary engineering design and equipment, and services for a 214 t/d hydrogen facility. The plant will use KBR’s proprietary […]