CF Industries Holdings Inc. has detailed $3.8 billion in plans to expand its North American nitrogen capacity. It will construct new ammonia and urea/UAN production units at its complex in Donaldsonville, La., and new ammonia and urea units at its complex in Port Neal, Iowa. CFs’ board of directors has authorized expenditure of $3.8 billion for the projects and the company has retained engineering and procurement services from ThyssenKrupp Uhde through their affiliate Uhde Corp. of America. In combination, these projects will be able to produce annually 2.1 million st of gross ammonia and upgraded products ranging from 2.0 to 2.6 million st of granular urea and up to 1.8 million st of UAN solutions, depending on product mix.
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