KAFCO installs Stamicarbon condenser
A replacement Stamicarbon pool condenser has been installed at KAFCO’s urea plant in Chattogram, Bangladesh, with DENZAI Bangladesh completing the transport and lifting works.
Category: Asia
Anyang Indorama Gases secures expansion loan
Singapore’s Anyang Indorama Gases, a subsidiary of Indorama Corporation has signed an RMB 2.4 billion ($358 million) long-term loan with a consortium of five Chinese banks to finance the expansion of its fertilizer plant in Anyang City, China.
Nextchem to supply technology for Chinese urea plant
Nextchem will provide the urea production technology for a new 3,150 t/d urea plant in China. As part of the deal, the company will provide the technology license, process design package and proprietary equipment through its nitrogen technology licensor Stamicarbon. The project will be based on Nextchem’s proprietary NX STAMI™ technology for urea production, which […]
CIL and HURL to develop coal-based urea plant
State run companies Coal India Limited (CIL) and Hindustan Urvarak and Rasayan Ltd (HURL) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore setting up a coal gasification-based ammonia-urea plant at HURL’s Sindri site in Jharkhand state. HURL currently operates an ammonia-urea plant with 2,200 t/d of ammonia and 3,850 t/d of urea capacity at […]
Vale and Huayou to investigate sulphur recovery at Pomalaa
PT Vale Indonesia and Huayou Cobalt say that they are considering constructing a rotary kiln smelting blast furnace in order to recover and reuse sulphur from tailings at their Pomalaa HPAL project in southeast Sulawesi. PT Vale president and CEO Bernardus Irmanto said that the proposal forms part of efforts to mitigate high sulphur costs […]
Innovar Ag SEA launches on the back of a major licensing deal
The new company has an exclusive licence for Innovar Ag’s enhanced efficiency fertilizers (EEFs) in 15 countries across Asia and the Pacific.
Attock Refinery plans to add desulphurisation capacity
Pakistan’s Attock Refinery Ltd plans to establish a new 50,000 barrels per day (bbl/d) deep-conversion refinery. The company’s recently release annual report says that the refinery addition depends upon “sustainable enhanced supplies of local crude… and necessary support from the government side.” The expansion plan is part of an upgrade to meet Euro-V fuel specifications, […]
Port-based green methanol plant
Construction work has begun on what is claimed to be India's first port-based green methanol plant at the Deendayal Port Authority, Kandla, Gujarat state.
Avenira secures Wonarah phosphate offtake
Australian phosphate developer Avenira has signed a four-year agreement to supply 500,000 wet metric tonnes per year of phosphate rock from its proposed Wonarah project in the Northern Territory to Hebang Biotechnology (Hong Kong) Investment Limited.
Additional zinc-lead capacity
The Phase I development of the Zhugongtang lead-zinc mine in Hezhang County, Guizhou Province, is entering its final construction stretch. Full-line wet commissioning is scheduled to commence on 30 September, marking the official start of the trial production phase. Formal operational acceptance and commercial production are targeted by the end of 2026, following successful completion of performance testing and all necessary rectification work.