Explosion Reported at Ukraine’s Rivneazot

Ukraine nitrogen fertilizer plant Rivneazot suffered an explosion resulting in an emission of nitrous gases, BBC Monitoring reported on July 20, citing the Interfax-Ukraine news agency.

There were no casualties, and the company was able to “completely neutralize” the consequences of the incident, with no danger to people or the environment, according to a statement by Rivneazot’s press service, as cited by the news agency.

Rivneazot, which is part of Group DF, said the plant is operating as usual and product shipments are being carried out in accordance with signed contracts.