OREANDA-NEWS. June 06, 2013. Agrium announced that its Redwater 2, nitrogen facility in Alberta (680,000 metric tonne ammonia and associated upgraded nitrogen products) went down due to an issue with the heat exchanger.   

It is estimated that it will be back up in late June. Agrium will be moving up a planned one-month turnaround at the facility which was originally set to take place in October, 2013.

The smaller Redwater 1 ammonia facility and phosphate production at the site has not been impacted. Agrium will supply current customer demand from inventories, which are expected to be drawn down by the end of the spring season.

About Agrium

Agrium Inc. is a major Retail supplier of agricultural products and services in North America, South America and Australia and a leading global Wholesale producer and marketer of all three major agricultural nutrients and the premier supplier of specialty fertilizers in North America through our Advanced Technologies business unit. Agrium’s strategy is to provide the crop inputs and services needed to feed a growing world. We focus on maximizing shareholder returns by driving continuous improvements to our base businesses, pursuing value-added growth opportunities across the crop input value chain and returning capital to shareholders.