KBR offers an end-to-end digitalisation solution specifically designed for green ammonia plants to balance the available renewable resources and consistently deliver the lowest levelised cost of green ammonia (LCOA). This article outlines some of the key modules of the KBR end-toend digitalisation solution developed to overcome the challenges in green ammonia operation and achieve best in class, safe and reliable plant operation.
Fertilizer International presents a global round-up of phosphate rock, phosphoric acid and finished phosphates projects.
Fertilizer International presents a global round-up of current potash projects.
M. Rameshni and S. Santo of Rameshni & Associates Technology & Engineering (RATE USA) discuss some of the many solutions available to revamp sulphur plants to meet stricter environmental regulations with regard to SO2 and CO2 emissions. RATE technologies for the ultimate goal of achieving near zero SO2 emissions and World Bank requirements are also illustrated.
Prior to the covid pandemic, sub-Saharan Africa had been the fastest growing market for new fertilizer demand. However, the combination of pandemic related disruption, followed by the dislocations caused by the war in Ukraine, have pushed up prices and led to falling demand across the continent.
BHP is committed to investing $5.7 billion to complete the first stage of the Jansen project and bring it into operation by the end of 2026. This under-construction Saskatchewan mine will then ramp up to produce more than four million tonnes of potash annually before the end of the decade.
Worley has been awarded a contract to supply Chemetics’ CORESO2™ technology for a sulphuric acid plant and associated oxygen unit at the Arafura Rare Earths project, sited 135 km north of Alice Springs in Australia’s Northern Territory. A greenfield mine will extract and process neodymium and praseodymium to create ultra-strong permanent magnets for a range of applications, such as household electronics and high-performance motors for electric vehicles.
Fertilizer International presents a global round-up of current potash projects.
Global demand for rare earth metals is increasing, particularly for electric vehicle batteries and renewable energy devices, potentially leading to increased use of sulphuric acid in their extraction.
H.J. Baker’s chief operating officer (COO) Luis Masroua has become president of the company.