In its second quarter 2026 results filing, CF Industries said that construction of its new Blue Point ammonia plant will begin in August this year. The Blue Point One project is a joint venture is with JERA Co., Inc. and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. for the construction, production and offtake of low-carbon ammonia from a […]
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CF Industries has delayed a planned multi-week maintenance turnaround at its Donaldsonville, Louisiana complex, the world’s largest ammonia production facility, in response to the supply disruption caused by the Strait of Hormuz closure, the producer announced in a press release. The company said the decision is expected to make approximately 100,000 tonnes of additional granular urea available to US customers during the spring application season. CF Industries added that it is also prioritising new sales to domestic customers over higher-priced export orders for the duration of the spring planting season.
CF Industries and PepsiCo have launched a commercial partnership to cut greenhouse‑gas emissions in potato production by offering certified low‑carbon urea ammonium nitrate solution (UAN) to growers supplying PepsiCo’s Frito‑Lay snack brands.
CF Industries has reported a $51 million impairment in its most recent accounts due to the abandoning of its 20MW green hydrogen facility at the company’s huge Donaldsonville, Louisiana fertilizer complex. The alkaline electrolysis unit had been planned to feed green hydrogen to produce up to 20,000 t/a of green ammonia. The company says that it will focus instead on more economically attractive blue ammonia production.
CF Industries has signed a memorandum of understanding with Trafigura and TFG Marine, a leading global marine fuel supplier, to facilitate the adoption of low-carbon ammonia as a marine fuel. Building on previous collaboration between CF Industries and Trafigura in the shipment of low-carbon ammonia, this agreement establishes a framework for the parties to work together on advancing low-carbon ammonia as a marine fuel, supporting the global shipping industry’s emissions-reduction efforts, including market development, stakeholder engagement, and bunkering logistics planning. The collaboration will initially focus on the U.S. Gulf Coast and Northwest Europe.
CF Industries has made its first shipment of certified low-carbon ammonia to Europe.
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Ammonia producer CF Industries says that it has shipped its first cargo of low-carbon ammonia from its Donaldsonville, Louisiana facility. The 23,500 tonne shipment was purchased by commodities specialist Trafigura to be used in Antwerp, Belgium by engineering materials firm Envalior in the production of low-carbon caprolactam.