Moscow-Russian fertilizer producer UralChem OJSC recently announced that four core production units at Azot OJSC, one of UralChem’s key subsidiaries, reached their planned annual production volumes ahead of schedule during the first eleven months of 2009, mainly due to consistent execution, the optimization of maintenance periods, and favourable market conditions for ammonium nitrate sales. The output of Azot’s ammonia large-tonnage units 1A and 1B was up by 111.6 percent and 108 percent year-on-year, producing 450,000 mt and 468,500 mt of ammonia, respectively. Its urea unit manufactured 494,800 mt, increasing its production capacity by 124.6 percent compared to the same period in 2008. The total output of Azot’s production unit of water-resistant ammonium nitrate for the first eleven months more than doubled year-on-year and generated 203,400 mt of all types of ammonium nitrate. Currently, four different types of ammonium nitrate (porous white ammonium nitrate, porous yellow ammonium nitrate, water-resistant ammonium nitrate, and GOST 2-85 ammonium nitrate) are produced at the Azot plant. “We are delighted that our production facilities have achieved excellent results ahead of plan in ammonium nitrate, urea and ammonia,” said Konstantin Kiselev, deputy chief engineer of Azot. “Thanks to the joint cooperation of all departments, today we can witness Azot’s balanced development and its increased production. We look forward to developing new product lines to meet customer demand in the future.”
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