Tatarstan Republic (Russia)-based nitrogen fertilizer and methanol producer JSC Ammoni has ambitious plans to expand its production of nitrogen fertilizers from the current 1 million mt/y to 3 million mt/y, according to a FertilizerDaily report, citing the head of the Tatarstan Republic Rustam Minnikhanov in a meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin.
The Mendeleev-based company in 2021 announced plans to build a new ammonia and urea production facility in March of that year, setting up a subsidiary Ammoni 2 LLC to act as the operator for the new production facility (GM April 9, 2021). Construction had been targeted to start at the end of 2021 or the beginning of 2022, but little has been heard since of the plans.
Ammoni last year produced 1.2 million mt of nitrogen fertilizers, according to an earlier FertilizerDaily report, citing the Mendeleev News telegram channel (GM Jan. 20, p. 28).Of that total output, some 450,000 mt comprised ammonium nitrate.
The company has existing nameplate capacity for the production of 715,000 mt/y of ammonia without methanol production, or 487,300 mt/y of ammonia with integrated production (and 233,800 mt/y of methanol), 717,500 mt /y capacity for granular urea, and 380,000 mt/y of AN, according to its website.
JSC Ammoni since July 2020 has been owned by Russian fertilizer and chemicals producer Kemerovo Azot (GM July 24, 2020).