Integrated phosphate megaproject officially launched
Official ceremonies by Algeria’s hydrocarbons minister Mohamed Arkab have kicked-started the construction of a very large capacity phosphate project.
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Canpotex makes its biggest ever supply chain investment
Major infrastructure upgrades have been announced at Neptune Bulk Terminals in Vancouver on Canada’s west coast to meet growing overseas demand for potash.
Attock Refinery plans to add desulphurisation capacity
Pakistan’s Attock Refinery Ltd plans to establish a new 50,000 barrels per day (bbl/d) deep-conversion refinery. The company’s recently release annual report says that the refinery addition depends upon “sustainable enhanced supplies of local crude… and necessary support from the government side.” The expansion plan is part of an upgrade to meet Euro-V fuel specifications, […]
Partnership to develop green ammonia in Africa
GreenGo Energy and Jiangsu Shuangliang New Energy Equipment Co., Ltd. have signed a memorandum of cooperation to jointly advance large-scale green ammonia projects in Mauritania and Namibia. The companies say that the agreement brings together GreenGo’s integrated renewable energy and Power-to-X project development experience with Shuangliang’s smart green power-to-hydrogen systems, equipment manufacturing and engineering services. […]
Namibia green fertilizer project secures funding
The Dâures Green Fertiliser Project in Namibia has secured up to $3.6 million in development funding from SDG Namibia One to advance plans for green ammonia and ammonium sulphate fertilizer production.
Additional zinc-lead capacity
The Phase I development of the Zhugongtang lead-zinc mine in Hezhang County, Guizhou Province, is entering its final construction stretch. Full-line wet commissioning is scheduled to commence on 30 September, marking the official start of the trial production phase. Formal operational acceptance and commercial production are targeted by the end of 2026, following successful completion of performance testing and all necessary rectification work.
The outlook for low carbon hydrogen
The scale up of low carbon hydrogen has proved slower, more selective and more geographically concentrated than the ambitious plans announced earlier in the decade had anticipated.
OCP and CHS plan to build Louisiana phosphate plant
CHS and OCP North America have unveiled plans to build the first major US phosphate fertilizer plant since 1984.
Beaumont New Ammonia plant under review
Woodside Energy has placed its newly operational Beaumont New Ammonia (BNA) plant in Texas under review. It is also abandoning $5 billion of planned investment in new energy projects.
Topsoe technology chosen for green methanol project
Topsoe has signed a contract with international energy company Uniper, to deliver front end engineering and design (FEED) for the company’s NorthStarH2 e-methanol project in Östersund, Northern Sweden