Moscow — Uralchem reported that it has reached an agreement with Stamicarbon BV, a leader in the development and licensing of urea production technologies, and a part of Maire Tecnimont Group, to start urea production modernization at Mineral Fertilizers OJSC (PMF) in Perm. The investment in the project is estimated at 4.2 billion rubles. It is planned that by 2019 plant capacity for the production of urea will be increased by 40 percent, or 250,000 mt/y. Stamicarbon will act as the licensor of urea production technology, and as a general contractor for the project design and survey works. The upgrade will include Stamicarbon’s newest technology, Urea2000plus. By replacing part of the existing equipment and the addition of a new cycle of production facilities, the performance of the existing urea aggregate will be increased from 1,930 mt/d to 2,700 mt/d.
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