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Updated to Q3 2019
No supply problems are anticipated in Europe despite a number of outages in North Africa. AlexFert will have three weeks of planned maintenance starting 1 July. OCI/EFC is also considering maintenance, although the date has yet to be confirmed. The producer has two urea lines with a combined name plate capacity of 1.4m tonnes. MOPCO confirmed that it has no outage planned. AOA in Algeria will shut down one of its two 1.05m tonne/year urea lines for maintenance in August.
Demand is typically low for nitrogen fertilizers in the peak summer months as farmers focus on harvesting crops rather than purchasing fertilizers. Turkey will likely re-emerge as a buyer later in the quarter, while the Mediterranean will be in holiday mood.
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Nitrogen (N) fertilizers are produced chemically using natural gas and hydrogen that is contained in the air. Ammonia is produced by mixing nitrogen and hydrogen gases in the presence of heat, pressure and a catalyst compound.
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