Russia authorities pledge support for Tatarstan fertilizer project

27 April 2011 16:22  [Source: ICIS news]

MOSCOW (ICIS)--The regional authorities in Russia’s Tatarstan have pledged that a major fertilizer and ammonia project being carried out by OAO Ammonia will be implemented according to schedule, according to a government statement released on Wednesday.

The $1bn (€680m) project to construct new ammonia, urea and methanol facilities in the town of Mendeleyevsk has received the full support of the Russian federal authorities and will be completed in 2012, the statement said.

In October 2008, OAO Ammonia said it had started construction on the facilities.

The units would have capacities of 717,000 tonnes/year of ammonia, 720,000 tonnes/year of granulated urea, 380,000 tonnes/year of ammonium nitrate (AN) and 230,000 tonnes/year of methanol, the statement added.

In November 2010, OAO Ammonia selected Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Sojitz Corp and China National Chemical Engineering Co as engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractors for the new facilities.

($1 = €0.68)

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