Polish fertilizers and chemicals group Grupa Azoty SA said it was restarting production at its nitrogen fertilizer, caprolactam, and polyamide 6 units in Tarnów as of Oct. 12, in response to a change in market conditions.
The units have been temporarily shut down since Aug. 23 due to the record high natural gas prices (GM Aug. 26, p. 1).
The management of Grupa Azoty subsidiary Grupa Azoty Puławy has also taken the decision to increase capacity utilization and start up the Agro segment’s process units used to make nitrogen fertilizers – specifically, Pulan, Pulan Macro, Saletrzak 27N, Pulrea, Pulrea+iNu, and RSM – also as of Oct. 12.
However, Azoty said taking into account Grupa Azoty Puławy’s current production – ammonium sulfate from the flue gas desulfurization unit and non-fertilizer products (excluding melamine) – the caprolactam unit (Plastics segment) and the melamine unit (Agro segment) will remain shut down after the full start-up of the fertilizer production units.