Category: Asia

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.

Chinese power conglomerate Shanghai Electric has launched phase two of its Taonan wind-powered green hydrogen-based biomethanol plant in Jilin, aiming to scale up to 200,000 t/a.

The Indian government is considering a new financial relief package for its domestic fertilizer industry aimed at protecting its agricultural sector from volatile global markets, according to a Department of Fertilizers (DoF) document dated 14 August. The proposal directly addresses the impact of the "West Asia crisis" on key raw material costs.

China’s State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) has shipped 3,750 tonnes of "HYGLOBAL" green ammonia from its Da'an integrated wind–solar–hydrogen–ammonia project in Jilin province to a South Korean buyer consortium, in what the company describes as the largest single-batch export of green ammonia globally.

TrueRE Oriana Power has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Government of Maharashtra to invest around INR 45 billion ($510 million) in an integrated green hydrogen, green ammonia and green methanol project in the western Indian state.

South Korea has acted to de-emphasise low-carbon ammonia co-firing in coal plants from its power sector decarbonisation policy. The government has withdrawn a key implementation mechanism: coal–ammonia co-firing is excluded from support through the 2026 clean hydrogen power auction market.

India's GAIL (India) Limited and Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Limited (RCF) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly establish a gas-based urea plant in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, the state-owned gas transporter said in a stock-exchange filing on 29 July.

China's Envision Energy has signed a low-carbon ammonia environmental attribute purchase agreement with PepsiCo APAC and delivered the first 1,000 tonnes of environmental attribute certificates (EACs) linked to its Chifeng Net Zero Industrial Park in Inner Mongolia.

India’s government has set out a package of measures to strengthen domestic fertilizer production, diversify raw material and import sources, and ensure uninterrupted availability of fertilizers despite global supply disruptions and price volatility.

Hynfra, a Polish developer of green hydrogen and ammonia projects, has signed a memorandum of understanding with a Philippine partner to build a green ammonia complex on the island of Mindoro.