Cartagena, Colombia-ABOCOL said Sept. 8 that it has enlarged its integrated production process by adding new facilities to produce nitric acid (83,000 mt/y), ammonium nitrate solution (82,000 mt/y), and calcium nitrate (100,000 mt/y). The company said the US$46 million investment was built in record time, only 17 months. The company markets products both in the Americas and offshore, and to the agricultural and mining industries. Company total infrastructure annual capacity now stands at ammonia (117,000 mt), nitric acid (266,000 mt), ammonium nitrate (240,000 mt), NPK compound fertilizers (300,000 mt), calcium nitrate (120,000 mt), liquid fertilizers (55,000 mt), blends (177,000 mt), hydrosolubles (15,000 mt), and foliar (500 mt).
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