Category: ammonia

Attack on Russian Pipeline in Kharkiv Puts Black Sea Grain Deal at Risk

June 8, 2023
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A pipeline for the transport of ammonia, a key fertilizer ingredient, was intentionally breached this week by saboteurs in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region, according to the Russian Defense Ministry. “On the evening of June 5, a Ukrainian subversive and reconnaissance group blew up the Togliatti-Odesa ammonia pipeline near the settlement of Masiutivka in Kharkiv,” the…

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World’s Largest Chemical Company to Produce Less Ammonia, a Key Fertilizer Ingredient

July 31, 2022
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The world’s largest chemical company, Germany’s BASF, is set to further cut its production of ammonia—a key ingredient of fertilizer—amid soaring gas prices. “We are reducing production at facilities that require large volumes of natural gas, such as ammonia plants,” BASF Chief Executive Martin Brudermueller said in a media call on July 27 after the release of the company’s…

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Japan’s Toyo Engineering to Study Green Ammonia Production in Indonesia

June 3, 2022
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Toyo Engineering Corporation announced on Tuesday that Japan’s government had awarded it the contract to conduct a feasibility study for the green ammonia production in Indonesia. The Japanese engineering firm will collaborate with the state-owned Pupuk Indonesia Holding Company (PIHC) and its subsidiary Pupuk Iskandar Muda (PIM) for the feasibility study, which will be done…

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One Person Dead After Ammonia Leak at Ice-Making Business in Kamloops, BC

May 26, 2022
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An employee at an ice-making business in Kamloops, B.C., has died of exposure to ammonia gas, the city’s deputy fire chief said. Ryan Cail said the man was believed to be in his 60s. The facility was closed for the rest of the day following the incident on Thursday morning. “There was a malfunction with…

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