Acron Group subsidiary Dorogobuzh has launched a new 135,000 mt/y UKL-7M nitric acid unit at its Smolensk production site in western Russia. Once operational, Dorogobuzh’s total nitric acid production capacity will reach 1.5 million mt/y across four units, Acron said Jan. 17.
The additional nitric acid output will help increase the production of key products, namely ammonium nitrate and NPK fertilizers, said Acron Chairman Alexander Popov.