Lithuanian media outlets on June 10 reported that production has restarted at EuroChem Group AG’s Lifosa plant in Kėdainiai in central Lithuania. Kėdainiai Mayor Valentinas Tamulis also confirmed that production resumed on June 10 and first deliveries are set to commence on June 17.
“Shifts are already being assigned, the whole process is moving towards production flow,” Vitalijus Varnas, Chairman of Lifosa’s trade union, told national news outlet BNS. This follows earlier reports in late May about a possible restart of the facility (GM May 31, p. 26).
Lifosa, which has an annual capacity of 990,000 mt of DAP and 850,000 mt of phosphoric acid, was shut down for annual scheduled maintenance in May 2023 and had been idled since.