Belarus has proposed that Russia’s state-owned energy group Gazprom participate in the modernization of Grodno Azot’s nitrogen production facilities, according to an Interfax report this week, citing Belarus president Alexander Lukashenko following his meeting last month with Russian president Vladimir Putin.
State-owned Grodno Azot is looking to build a new nitrogen fertilizer production complex and refurbish its existing production facilities. There was talk late last year by Belarus’ Ministry of Architecture and Construction that construction of the new complex might start as early as 2021(GM Dec. 31, 2020). However, at the time no firm dates for the project timeline had been officially confirmed, and it remains unclear if the state-owned nitrogen fertilizer producer has secured any project funding.
According to Grodno Azot’s website, the new complex will be built with capacity for 875,000 mt/y of ammonia and 1,225,000 mt/y of granular urea.