Polish fertilizer and chemicals producer Grupa Azoty SA reported the preliminary estimated cost of the failure of the ammonia plant at its Zakłady Azotowe Kędzierzyn S.A. subsidiary early this month at about Pln20 million (approximately $4.59 million at current exchange rates), according to Sept. 25 market filing by the group.
The ammonia unit suffered an overheating incident in its boiler system, halting operations on the evening of Sept. 5 (GM Sept. 8, p. 25). As a result, the production of fertilizers, nitric acid, UAN, urea, and OXO alcohols were temporarily stopped at Kędzierzyn.
Test production of the nitric acid unit was scheduled to resume between Sept. 25 and Oct. 1, followed by the test production of fertilizers, Azoty said in this week’s market filing.