Melbourne-Incitec Pivot Ltd. (IPL) said Feb. 8 that construction of an ammonium nitrate complex in Moranbah in central Queensland will recommence in May, 2010. The project, scheduled for beneficial operation in the first quarter of calendar 2012, is expected to be completed within the previously announced budget of A$935 million. The project involves a 330,000 mt/y AN complex comprising ammonia, nitric acid, and AN plants, as well as utilities, power generation, and other infrastructure. IPL announced in February 2009 that the project would be slowed down due to the global financial crisis. At that time, it was 35 percent complete. According to IPL, the plant, in the heart of Australia’s coal country, already has some 90 percent of its production committed.
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