Casale SA, Lugano, reported that it has been selected by Singapore-based Enter Engineering Pte. to provide the technology and design of a new 495,000 mt/y ammonia plant to be set up in Yangiyer, near Samarkand in Uzbekistan’s Sirdarya region.
Enter Engineering is one of the largest EPC contractors in the Uzbek market.
The ammonia plant will be part of large fertilizer complex that will produces 900,000 mt/y of complex fertilizers. It is expected to become fully operational in 2023.
Cyprus’ Ferkensco Management is implementing the two projects, and last week was reported to have signed two cooperation agreements with Russia’s Gazprombank to finance the construction of the two plants (GM June 11, p. 30).
Casale said it will have the opportunity to participate in the future development of the ammonia project, according to a June 16 company news release announcing the new contract, but the company provided no further details.