LSB Industries announced on May 22 that it has entered into an agreement to supply up to 150,000 st/y of low-carbon ammonium nitrate solution (ANS) to Freeport Minerals Corp., Phoenix, Ariz., which plans to use the ANS for its US copper mining operations.
LSB will supply the ANS from its El Dorado, Ark., facility for five years, commencing on Jan. 1, 2025, with a phasing in of the contracted volumes. LSB said its low carbon products stem from the carbon capture and sequestration project with partner Lapis Energy (GM April 29, 2022), who will capture and permanently sequester more than 450,000 mt/y of CO2 from El Dorado’s ammonia production.
“This important agreement validates our belief that our industrial and mining customers will identify the low carbon nitrogen products that we plan to produce as an important part of their decarbonization journeys and value them accordingly,” said Mark Behrman, LSB President and CEO. “We view this contract with Freeport as a major step towards attaining our vision of becoming a leader in the global energy transition and look forward to partnering with them as a strategic supplier as they advance toward their net zero aspiration.”
LSB said the carbon sequestration at El Dorado is expected to result in more than 375,000 mt of low carbon ammonia that the company can sell or upgrade to other low carbon nitrogen products, such as ANS. The project is expected to commence operations in 2026, pending approval by the US EPA of LSB’s and Lapis’ Class VI permit application, which the companies expect to receive in the second half of 2025.