France-based specialty chemical company Arkema announced June 3 the signing with Nutrien Ltd., Saskatoon, of a long-term supply agreement for anhydrous hydrogen fluoride (AHF) for its Calvert City, Kentucky, site. The material will be used to produce polymers, fluoro-derivatives, and fluorogases.
As part of this agreement, Arkema
will invest US$150 million in a 40 kt/year AHF production plant at Nutrien’s
site in Aurora, North Carolina, scheduled to start up in the first half of
2022.
PhosAgro’s operations have not been
affected by a collapsed railroad bridge on the route
between Murmansk and Monchegorsk, a company spokesperson has told Bloomberg. However, PhosAgro uses
the Murmansk port to ship apatite concentrate for export clients, and
if the bridge isn’t repaired in 10 days the shipments schedule will be adjusted
after agreement with customers. Domestic sales are not affected.
The collapsed occurred June 1.
EuroChem and Acron also use the bridge. They had not responded to inquiries at
the time of this alert.
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