New plant running at capacity

LSB Industries Inc. said June 29 that its new 375,000 st/y ammonia plant at its El Dorado, Ark. facility, has been producing ammonia at an average rate of 1,150 st/d, the plant’s nameplate capacity, since June 22, 2016. Since that date, El Dorado has been a net seller of ammonia, with all ammonia that the facility has not upgraded into other products being sold to Koch Fertilizer via pipeline under the previously announced three-year offtake agreement.