Yara enticed by new blue ammonia capacity in the US as European plants face uncertain future

  Yara plans to invest up to $2 billion in a second state-of-the-art blue ammonia plant as the Scandinavian group continues its push into low-carbon production capacity in the US and mulls permanent shutdowns of some European ammonia plants. Having recently set aside up to $1.45 billion for the full offtake of a 1.2-1.4m.t per…

Bulgarian buyer set to roll out the red carpet for first blue ammonia shipment to Europe

European fertilizer market history will be made in around 10 days’ time when the first commercial shipment of blue ammonia ever marketed into the EU arrives at the Bulgarian port of Varna for Agropolychim. Produced and sold by Saudi major Ma’aden, the 25,000t cargo of low-carbon spot material will be discharged at the Black Sea…