Nutrien Ltd., Saskatoon, announced today that it has made the difficult decision to temporarily shut down one of the four ammonia plants at its Trinidad facility. It said temporary shutdown is in response to the current market price of ammonia. The plant has an annual ammonia capacity of 600,000 mt/y. The other three ammonia plants and one urea facility at the site will continue to operate at normal rates.
Nutrien expects the shutdown to last for a minimum of three months. It said it will continue to monitor market conditions going forward as it assesses any further changes in production.