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Australian Firm Advances Urea Plan

by Michael McCoy
July 13, 2009 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 87, Issue 28

Australia's Perdaman Chemicals & Fertilisers has lined up technology providers for a $2.7 billion urea plant it plans to build in Western Australia. The plant will use coal as a feedstock. Shell will provide coal gasification and gas treatment technology, Haldor Topsøe will provide ammonia synthesis technology, and DSM's Stamicarbon unit will provide ammonia-to-urea technology. Perdaman says the plant will start up in 2013 and produce 2 million metric tons of urea per year.

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