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PROJECT EVALUATION

CF Industries and Posco to explore joint clean ammonia

project in US

US-based CF Industries, the dustries and Posco will initiate a front- half of 2024, with a final investment
world’s largest producer of ammonia, end engineering and design (FEED) decision to follow.
and Posco Holdings, South Korea’s study on autothermal reforming (ATR)
largest steelmaker and a leader in ammonia production technology. ATR Since 2020, CF Industries has ad-
energy trading and power gene- technology, when combined with carbon vanced industry-leading projects to
ration, are evaluating a joint venture capture and sequestration (CCS), decarbonise its ammonia production
to construct a low-carbon clean am- is expected to reduce carbon dioxide network and position the company to
monia plant at CF Industries’ Blue (CO ) emissions from the ammonia supply a substantial volume of low-
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Point Complex in Ascension Parish, production process by more than 90% carbon clean ammonia. This includes
Louisiana, US, along with long-term compared to conventional ammonia leveraging CCS technologies at its
low-carbon clean ammonia offtake plants without CCS, enabling the re- Donaldsonville Complex where CF In-
into South Korea. sulting low-carbon clean ammonia to dustries is constructing a CO dehydra-
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comply with the South Korean govern- tion and compression facility to enable
Commenting on the development, ment’s ‘Clean Hydrogen Energy Port- the capture and permanent sequestra-
Mr. Tony Will, President and CEO, folio Standard’. tion of up to 2-mtpa of CO with Exxon-
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CF Industries, said, “Posco’s concrete Mobil, starting in 2025. The company
plans to use low-carbon ammonia to Should the project move forward, has also commenced a FEED study
accelerate decarbonisation in steel Posco will import low-carbon ammonia with Mitsui & Co. Ltd. to construct a
manufacturing and power generation in from the facility to South Korea greenfield low-carbon ammonia faci-
South Korea represent significant new to support decarbonisation of Posco’s lity utilising steam methane reforming
demand for low-carbon ammonia as a own and third-party coal-based power (SMR) ammonia technology along
clean energy source. We look forward generation facilities. Additionally, Posco with CCS at its Blue Point Complex in
to leveraging our two companies’ in- intends to convert low-carbon clean Louisiana. Additionally, CF Industries
dustry-leading expertise to advance our ammonia into hydrogen in order to is constructing North America’s first
shared commitment to a more sustain- use low-carbon hydrogen in gas-based commercial scale green ammonia capa-
able future.” power plants and in the steel-making city at its Donaldsonville Complex,
process itself. The FEED study is ex- enabling up to 20,000-tpa of green
As part of their evaluation, CF In- pected to be completed in the second ammonia production beginning in 2024.

FOCUS ON COSMETICS
Brenntag announces South African acquisition

German chemical distribution firm, products and other tech-
Brenntag, has agreed to acquire the nical support”. Brenntag
operating business of Chemgrit Group Specialties will integrate
headquartered in Johannesburg, South Chemgrit’s personal care
Africa. Chemgrit is an independent operations into its busi-
specialty chemical distributor with a ness unit Personal Care &
focus on personal care, food, and mate- HI&I. The combined
rial science. businesses will accelerate
growth in cosmetics and
Brenntag said the acquisition pro- laboratory including mixing, refilling, extend the application and technical
vides its customers with “value-added redistribution and delivery, formu- support services also to HI&I clean-
services from a dedicated application lating and testing of materials and ing customers.

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