Western Cornbelt:
The latest offers for ammonium nitrate in Missouri were steady at $470/st FOB Lamar and $490/st FOB St. Joseph.
Bulgaria:
Neochim AD on March 24 halted production at its ammonium nitrate and turbo-generator station units at Dimitrovgrad in southern Bulgaria, following another emergency stoppage at the nitric acid unit that occurred in the early hours of March 24, according to a SeeNews report, citing a company filing.
The latest shutdown came just a day after the three units were restarted after an earlier emergency shutdown at the nitric acid unit on March 21.
The company has faced several production disruptions in recent months. Neochim resumed operations at its ammonia plant in late February after suffering technical issues at the facility on Jan. 10 and Jan. 23 (GM March 3, p. 27).
Neochim has the capacity to produce 450,000 mt/y of ammonia and 630,000 mt/y of ammonium nitrate at its Dimitrovgrad site.