Kazakhstan’s KazAzot JSC halted production of ammonia, nitric acid, and complex fertilizers on Aug. 14 in order to supply more power to individual consumers amid regional electricity shortages, Bloomberg reported, citing the company’s website.
It is unclear from the report if KazAkot is continuing to produce ammonium nitrate given that it has stopped producing ammonia. The company’s production capacities at Aktau include 0.2 million mt/y mt of ammonia and 0.4 million mt/y of ammonium nitrate, according to the Green Markets database.
KazAzot’s gas power plant will increase electricity supplies to 29-30MWh from the current 24MWh after full fertilizer production is halted, the company reported.
Kazakhstan is enforcing daily power restrictions for industrial companies until restoration work is completed at block 3 of the Mangistau power plant, where the unit had an emergency shutdown on Aug. 11, according to a statement on Kazakhstan’s electricity grid operator website on Aug. 12.