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40,000 TPA Melamine plant awarded to Casale

Casale signed a contract with GSFC for setting up one 40,000 TPA melamine plant at their site in Vadodara, India. This is the first project Casale will execute after the acquisition of the melamine technology portfolio from Borealis in fall 2013. This plant will be fully based on Casale’s Low Energy Melamine (LEM™) Process (former Borealis HP melamine technology), which …

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Duslo a.s. awards Technip substantial contract for a new ammonia production unit

Technip was awarded by Duslo a.s. a contract to develop the engineering, procurement and construction of a new ammonia production unit in the existing fertilizer complex located in Sal’a, Slovak Republic. Based on Haldor Topsoe last generation technology, the new unit will have a capacity of 1,600 tons per day of ammonia. It will incorporate the most advanced engineering and technological …

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And the winners are…….

During the CRU’s Nitrogen-Syngas 2015 conference in Istanbul, Fertilizer Recruitment had a competition for a free tailor made Function Profile Assessment for 3 visitors of the conference. All business cards were collected and we asked an independent hostess of the Hilton Bomonti Hotel to draw three business cards. The winners of the Fertilizer Recruitment Function Profile Assessment are: Luca Bianchi …

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CRU Nitrogen-Syngas conference Istanbul 2015

Fertilizer Recruitment attended the Nitrogen-Syngas conference for the 3rd time. This year the conference was set in the beautiful city of Istanbul were the nice Turkish staff of the excellent Hilton Bomonti conference hotel offered us a great stay! During the conference we met and spoke with a lot of clients, friends, future customers, experts and many others. We would …

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KBR awarded turnkey EPC contract by Yara and BASF

KBR has been awarded with a turnkey EPC contract by Yara and BASF for a world scale ammonia plant at BASF’s site in Freeport, Texas. The plant will use hydrogen as raw material, reducing capital expenditures (capex), maintenance and carbon dioxide emissions significantly. Ownership will be 68 percent Yara and the remaining 32 percent by BASF. Each company will extract ammonia from …

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Nitrogen-Syngas 2015: Fertilizer Recruitment will be present!

We from Fertilizer Recruitment are proud to inform you that we will be present at the Nitrogen-Syngas conference 2015 in Istanbul – Turkey from Monday February 23th till Thursday February 26th 2015. Nitrogen + Syngas is the industry’s leading technical event where global companies announce new technological developments and discuss improvements in operating procedures. Held annually, the last Nitrogen + …

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Yara Porsgrunn awards Pöyry EPCM fertilizer assignment

Yara has awarded to Pöyry the Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management (EPCM) services assignment for a project aimed at increasing capacity of fertilizer production in Porsgrunn, Norway. Pöyry’s scope of work includes engineering, procurement services, construction management services and the overall coordination and management of the project. The assignment started early January 2015 and is scheduled to be completed by …

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Cronus Chemical LLC invests US$ 1.4 Billion in new fertilizer plant

Cronus Chemical LLC, owned by a group of Swiss and Turkish investors, has selected Illinois for the location of its new fertilizer plant that will cost $1.4 billion. The company is going to build the plant close to Tuscola, a city in Douglas Country in Illinois. When ready, the plant will produce the nitrogen-based fertilizers, ammonia, and urea. Construction works …

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Koch Nitrogen started plant expansion at Enid, Oklahoma, fertilizer plant

Koch Nitrogen Company, LLC is moving forward with the build a new urea plant at its Enid, Oklahoma facility. In addition, the company is revamping existing production processes at the facility. Combined, the investments are estimated at $1.3 billion and are expected to increase fertilizer production at the facility by more than 1 million tons per year. The improvements to existing …

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Technical Ammonium Nitrate (TAN) Yara Pilbara project

Next phase of gas downstream processing have begun at the Yara Pilbara Nitrates, Technical Ammonium Nitrate (TAN) plant in Western Australia’s Pilbara. Tecnicas Reunidas (TR) led technical ammonium nitrate project on the Burrup Peninsula, Western Australia is for Burrup Nitrates Pty, a company that has YARA International (from Norway), Orica Ltd (ASX-listed) and Apache Corp (NYSE-listed) as shareholders. Main Contractor Yara …