France-based specialty chemical company Arkema announced June 3 the signing with Nutrien Ltd., Saskatoon, of a long-term supply agreement for anhydrous hydrogen fluoride (AHF) for its Calvert City, Kentucky, site. The material will be used to produce polymers, fluoro-derivatives, and fluorogases.
As part of this agreement, Arkema will invest US$150 million in a 40 kt/year AHF production plant at Nutrien’s site in Aurora, North Carolina, scheduled to start up in the first half of 2022.