Russian fertilizer producer Acron Group plans to expand ammonia production capacity to 2,350 mt/d at its Dorogobuzh plant in Russia’s Smolensk region, according to Vasily Anokhin, Governor of the region. The budget for the expansion project is RUB600 million ($6.9 million), Anokhin said, adding that the project is scheduled for completion in the fall of 2025.
Dorogobuzh produces nitrogen and compound fertilizers, as well as industrial products. It produced 2.3 million mt of commercial product in 2023, including 1.4 million mt of ammonium nitrate and 800,000 mt of NPK fertilizer.
Acron completed a RUB1.2 billion ($13.8 million) overhaul of the Dorogobuzh ammonia unit last year that increased capacity to 2,250 mt/d from the prior 2,100 mt (GM April 28, 2023). Dorogobuzh’s ammonia unit was commissioned in 1979 and underwent a major upgrade in 2019, increasing daily output from 1,740 mt to 2,100 mt.