Beaumont New Ammonia plant joins lower-carbon ammonia certification scheme
Owner Woodside Energy has signed up to the pilot phase of the Ammonia Certification System run by trade body the Ammonia Energy Association.
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Role of fertilizers in feeding the world largely unrecognised
The importance of mineral fertilizers to crop yields and global food security is only understood by around a fifth of US citizens, according to new polling data.
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 […]
Nutrien closes its Trinidad plants "indefinitely"
Nutrien Ltd has announced that it will “indefinitely” shut down its Trinidad Nitrogen operations at the Point Lisas site due to ongoing natural gas constraints and uncertainty over gas supplies. The company says that, following an “extensive review” of alternatives, it has determined that this is “the optimal path” to enhance free cash flow and […]
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 […]
Fast track for green methanol project
The governing council of Castilla y León has agreed to grant priority industrial project status to the eM-Numancia project. EM-Numancia is a €320 million green methanol project which aims to combine renewable hydrogen produced by water electrolysis using renewable electricity with syngas generated by the gasification of forest biomass – principally pine wood. The facility […]
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 […]
Sojitz Solvadis GmbH acquires France’s Citis Group
Sojitz Solvadis GmbH, marketer and distributor of basic and specialty chemicals, has acquired 100% of the share capital of France’s Citis SAS and Citis Forming SAS from PLF Ressources. The companies, collectively known as Citis Group, distribute liquid sulphur, provide logistics and storage services, and convert liquid sulphur into solid pastilles and other sulphur products […]
Profertil selects Saipem for Bahía Blanca expansion study
Profertil SA has awarded Saipem, working in partnership with Techint Engineering & Construction, to provide technical evaluation and design services for a planned expansion of its fertilizer complex in Bahia Blanca, Argentina. Announced on September 29, the project involves a new ammonia-urea plant with a final urea capacity of 4,450 t/d. It will integrate […]