Proposed gasification plant at Talcher would help in stable fertilizer production  

December 31, 2014

Several fertilizer units have stopped production due to inadequate gas supply from the domestic market. This resulted in India importing over 15 lakh tonnes of fertilizers at higher prices. In such a scenario, setting up of an integrated Coal Gasification-cum-fertilizer and ammonium nitrate complex at Talcher in Odisha is a good news

AK Ramdas

It may be recalled that effective from October, three urea units in the south, viz, Madras Fertilizers, Southern Petrochemicals Corp (SPIC) and Mangalore Fertilizers and Chemicals, which were using naphtha as a feeder stock, stopped production, as their subsidy was withdrawn.

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