India’s Coromandel International Ltd. on April 29 announced plans for a Rs 1,000 crore ($133.5 million) phosphoric and sulfuric acid complex at Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh. thyssenkrupp UHDE will provide the detailed engineering for both plants. Commissioning is expected in two years.
Technology from Belgium’s Prayon has been procured for the proposed 650 mt/d phos acid facility. The acid is expected to provide a stable supply for the plant’s fertilizer manufacturing by replacing more than 50% of Kakinada plant’s imported phos acid requirement.
The sulfuric acid plant will produce 1,800 mt/d. US-based MEC will supply the sulfur processing technology. The company said the Kakinada plant, with a capacity of 2 million mt/y, is India’s second largest phosphate fertilizer facility and contributes close to 15% of the nation’s NPK fertilizer output.
Coromandel noted that it already has two fertilizer plants at Visakhapatnam and Ennore that are fully integrated with captive phos and sulfuric acid facilities.