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 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 […]
Spanish hydrogen technology developer H2SITE has secured €3.4 million ($3.8 million) in funding for its HydraNord Power project in Norway. The project aims to scale to a commercial level the company’s onboard ammonia-to-power system for the maritime sector. HydraNord Power will convert ammonia into high-purity hydrogen directly onboard vessels. The system will produce up to […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, 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 […]
Casale has signed a contract with Neptun Glomfjord Green Ammonia AS (NGGA) for the engineering and supply of a 100 t/d modular green ammonia plant in Glomfjord, Norway. Announced on 23 September 2026, the agreement covers a facility using Casale’s SMART-N™ technology, to be delivered under an engineering, procurement and fabrication (EPF) model. NGGA is […]
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 […]