Tag: Production

A new South Africa-focused green hydrogen fund has raised its first ZAR 3 billion ($182 million), giving it the firepower to start backing large-scale projects, including green ammonia.

EuroChem has reportedly suspended operations at its Lifosa phosphate fertilizer plant in Kėdainiai, Lithuania, on the back of high raw material sulphur costs, CRU reported on 10 August.

TrueRE Oriana Power has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Government of Maharashtra to invest around INR 45 billion ($510 million) in an integrated green hydrogen, green ammonia and green methanol project in the western Indian state.

Canada's Capstone Copper has approved a $45 million pyrite recovery project at its Mantoverde copper operation in Chile that will cut the mine's sulphuric acid consumption by around 90,000 t/y, the company said in its second-quarter results on 30 July.

The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has signed a $5.7 million grant agreement with Morocco-based joint venture ORNX Laayoune 1 SASU (ORNX) to fund a pre-front end engineering and design (pre-FEED) study for a large-scale green ammonia plant.

China's Envision Energy has signed a low-carbon ammonia environmental attribute purchase agreement with PepsiCo APAC and delivered the first 1,000 tonnes of environmental attribute certificates (EACs) linked to its Chifeng Net Zero Industrial Park in Inner Mongolia.

Industry viewpoint: Dr MP Sukumaran Nair of the Centre for Green Technology & Management (CGTM) reviews the fertilizer industry's decarbonisation options.

Hynfra, a Polish developer of green hydrogen and ammonia projects, has signed a memorandum of understanding with a Philippine partner to build a green ammonia complex on the island of Mindoro.

A roadmap on phosphate and potash decarbonisation, developed by ERM and Systemiq in collaboration with IFA, was published on 16th July.

Koch Ag & Energy Solutions is buying a 50% share in Jorf Fertilizers Company I (JFC I) as part of a second joint venture with OCP Nutricrops.