Ammonia producer CF Industries has shipped its first load of low-carbon ammonia from its Donaldsonville, Louisiana facility in the US.
The 23,500 metric tonne shipment, which is destined for Antwerp in Belgium, was purchased by commodities specialist Trafigura to be used by engineering materials firm Envalior in the production of low-carbon caprolactam – a raw material used to make synthetic fibres.
“[We are working] together to develop a low-carbon ammonia supply chain in advance of the implementation of the European Union’s carbon border adjustment mechanism,” said Bert Frost, Executive Vice President, Sales, Market Development and Supply Chain at CF Industries.
The site has produced low-carbon – also called ‘blue’ – ammonia since July, when CF Industries built a carbon capture plant at the facility that can sequester up to two million metric tonnes of CO2 per year from ammonia production.
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