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Fertial Ammonia revamp study by KBR

Fertial SPA Algeria has announced that it has awarded KBR a contract to conduct a study that will improve safety, reliability and energy efficiency of the two Algerian ammonia plants in Annaba and Arzew. The outcomes of the study will also increase the overall ammonia production capacity by 50 percent and be introduced in a phase-by-phase approach for the 1970’s vintage …

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Engineering Services for CF Industries provided by CDI

End of October CDI announced that it will provide engineering design services for the large-scale expansion of CF Industries nitrogen fertilizer complex at Donaldsonville, Louisiana, and Port Neal, Iowa. The value of the award to CDI is approximately $15 million. CF Industries is constructing new ammonia and urea/UAN plants at its Donaldsonville complex and new ammonia and urea plants at …

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Unique Uhde technology for fertilizer production

One of the world’s largest ammonia plants to be built in Saudi Arabia The Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden) will be utilizing ammonia technology from ThyssenKrupp Uhde in its new ammonia plant Ma’aden II, being built near the port of Ras al Khair in the Arabian Gulf. As a sub-contractor to Daelim, ThyssenKrupp Uhde’s scope includes the license, engineering planning, and supply of …

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Mosaic to acquire Phosphate unit from CF Industries

The Mosaic company to acquire Florida Phosphate Business unit from CF Industries for US$ 1.2 Billion Plus an Additional $200 million to Fund CF Industries’ Asset Retirement Obligation Escrow Strategic Ammonia Supply Agreements Entered into with CF Industries Louisiana Ammonia Project Unnecessary No Impact to Current Shareholder Distribution Plans PLYMOUTH, Minn., Oct. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — The Mosaic Company (NYSE: …

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Who is Who: Fertial SPA Algeria

The jewel of the Algerian petrochemical industry, Fertial, is the outcome of a partnership concluded in August 2005 between the Algerian Group ASMIDAL and the Spanish Group GRUPO VILLAR MIR. Fertial has two industrial sites in Annaba and Arzew. With KBR and Johnson Mattey technology the two sites have an annual production capacity of: 990.000 metric tons of ammonia 330.000 …

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Yara increases production Air1 and considers world-scale Ammonia plant in the USA

In June Yara initiated production and distribution of DEF – at its facility in Belle Plaine, Canada. The plant successfully produced and shipped its first Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF, known as AdBlue in Europe) under Yara’s Air1 brand this summer. The plant will increase Yara’s capacity to supply fleets, retailers and distributors in Canada, as well as strategic areas in …

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Who is Who: 1st Global Company for Chemical Fertilizers Production

1st Global Company for Chemical Fertilizers Production is specialized in producing Ammonia & Urea. The company is concerned with the process of preparing equipments, raising the productivity power for its fertilizer plant in Baiji, enhancing and improving its productivity throughout contracting with the biggest international consultancy companies. The top management & board of directors have a wide experience in the field …

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Chinese company to build potash fertilizer plant in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan plans to construct a plant for production of potash fertilizer as said by the deputy minister of industry and new technologies, Nurlan Sauranbayev. The Kazakh Ministry of Industry and New Technologies and China-Agro-Holding JSC agreed to build the plant during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Astana on September 6 – 8. “The Chinese company will be a partner in this …

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Urea Casale acquires melamine technology from Borealis

Urea Casale, the global leader in the design and refurbishment of urea plants, announced today the acquisition of the melamine high pressure technology and of the newly developed super high pressure technology and all related intellectual property rights from BOREALIS, a leading provider in the fields of polyolefins, base chemicals and fertilizers. Borealis produces melamine at two sites in Linz, Austria and …