Técnicas Reunidas wins Dangote reformer project
Spanish engineering company Técnicas Reunidas will supply two hydrogen reformers for Nigerian conglomerate Dangote Group's new ammonia and urea complex in Ethiopia.
Tag: Urea
US backs eight fertilizer projects
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has selected eight fertilizer manufacturing projects for approximately $573 million in proposed federal funding, supporting more than $1.34 billion in total planned investment.
MIAX adds physical fertilizer futures
MIAX Futures, formerly the Minneapolis Grain Exchange, has launched four physically settled fertilizer futures contracts, adding a physical-delivery alternative to the cash-settled products already offered by CME Group.
Fertiglobe, Egypt in talks about new fertilizer complex
Fertiglobe’s CEO, Ahmed Al-Hoshi and Egypt’s minister of petroleum and mineral resources, Karim Badawi met in October to discuss a $1.5 billion investment to establish an integrated phosphate fertilizer production complex in the Ain Sokhna region.
UCF launches $1.6bn fertilizer expansion in Zambia
United Capital Fertilizer (UCF), a subsidiary of China’s Wonderful Group, has launched a US$1.6 billion expansion of its ammonia and urea fertilizer manufacturing facilities in Chilanga, Zambia.
Yefremovazot looking at new nitrogen plant in Tula
Russia’s Yefremovazot plans to build a chemical production complex in Yefremov in the country’s Tula region, domestic news agency Interfax reported on 5th October. The proposed facility will produce ammonia, urea, monoethylene glycol (MEG) and methanol. The plans were outlined in public consultation documents for a pipeline connecting the site to gas major Gazprom’s domestic […]
KAFCO installs Stamicarbon condenser
A replacement Stamicarbon pool condenser has been installed at KAFCO’s urea plant in Chattogram, Bangladesh, with DENZAI Bangladesh completing the transport and lifting works.
Anyang Indorama Gases secures expansion loan
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 to supply technology for Chinese urea plant
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 […]
Nutrien closes its Trinidad plants "indefinitely"
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 […]