Acron plans further urea expansion as production up
Russia’s Acron has said its Q1 2018 production is 22% higher year on year to 249,000t following modernisation works at its existing urea units. In addition, the company plants to build a sixth urea unit with a capacity of 220,000 tonnes/year. The new unit is expected to be launched in the autumn having originally been…
CF Industries reports third quarter loss; Port Neal start-up expected soon
CF Industries reported a third quarter loss for the first time since 2010 this week. The company noted that selling prices have been low due to global oversupply of nitrogen fertilizer and lower industrial demand. Prices in the US fell for much of Q3 and often traded below the international market. Indeed, in July this…