Deerfield, Ill.-CF Industries Holdings Inc. reported Feb. 26 that an unplanned outage in one of the two ammonia plants at its joint-venture Medicine Hat Nitrogen Complex in Alberta is expected to reduce production there through mid-March. The No. 1 Ammonia Plant at the complex, which has an average annual capacity of 625,000 tons, had been down briefly last week for minor repairs and was in the process of restarting when additional damage to some internal components was discovered. The plant was shut down immediately, with no injuries to employees. Preliminary evaluation indicated that repairs would be completed by mid-March. Estimates for the cost of those repairs are not available. CF Industries, which receives approximately 66 percent of the Complex’s output, expects to meet customer commitments from continued production at the Complex’s No. 2 Ammonia Plant; existing inventory at Medicine Hat; production at its Donaldsonville, La., Nitrogen Complex, which has four operating ammonia plants; and purchased product.
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