Bulgarian fertilizer producer Agropolychim AD in July plans to offer a new range of ammonium nitrate (AN) on the local market produced using blue ammonia, according to a SeeNews report, citing the company
Agropolychim recently took “a pilot delivery” of blue ammonia from Saudi Arabian Mining Co. (Ma’aden), and, according to the report, is the first company in the European Union to receive a blue ammonia cargo from the Saudi producer.
Last month, Agropolychim announced a partnership with Swiss industrial equipment supplier Casale SA that will ultimately increase the Bulgarian company’s nitrogen fertilizer production capacity to more than 1.5 million mt/y (GM May 26, p. 31).
Casale will license and engineer a new state-of-the-art dual pressure nitric acid unit that will also allow the enhancement of local green energy production. The plant is scheduled to be commissioned before the end of 2027.
Ma’aden in November last year revealed plans to export blue ammonia after securing an accreditation certificate to produce and export the product the previous month. The Saudi company has been granted certification to ship more than 138,000 mt of blue ammonia products, according to its website.