Grupa Azoty Kędzierzyn, a subsidiary of Polish fertilizer and chemicals group Grupa Azoty SA, relaunched fertilizer production at full capacity starting Oct. 21, according to a company filing.
Grupa Azoty restarted production at its nitrogen fertilizer, caprolactam, and polyamide 6 units in Tarnów on Oct. 12 in response to a change in market conditions. Another of the group’s units, Azoty Puławy, also on Oct. 12, increased capacity utilization and started up the Agro segment’s process units used to make nitrogen fertilizers (GM Oct. 14, p. 28).
Grupa Azoty’s units had been temporarily shut down since Aug. 23 due to the record high natural gas prices (GM Aug. 26, p. 1).
Puławy late on Oct. 27 said it would relaunch the production of melamine at one-third of the maximum production capacity of 270 mt/d, and also production of caprolactam, the company said in a filing.
Puławy halted melamine production on Aug. 11 due to soaring gas prices and lower demand.