Lifosa 2006 production hits record levels

20 February 2007 15:02  [Source: ICIS news]

LONDON (ICIS news)--Lithuanian fertilizer producer Lifosa posted record production levels for all its products in 2006, Russian parent company Eurochem said on Tuesday.

 

The plant at Kedainiai produced 785,500 tonnes of diammonium phosphate (DAP), 3.8% higher than 2005.

 

Lifosa produced 68,290 tonnes of feed phosphates, an increase of 5.7% on 2005, while its output of aluminium fluoride was 145% higher than the 2005 level of 11,020 tonnes.

 

Output of semi products for phosphate fertilizer production also rose in 2006. Sulphuric acid production increased to 1.118m tonnes, up 2.4% year-on-year, and wet-processed phosphoric acid output rose to 413,100 tonnes, 1% higher than 2005.

By: Neil Griffiths
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