OREANDA-NEWS. For 2 months of 2016 Rivneazot PJSC, being a part of the OSTCHEM (consolidating Group DF fertilizer enterprises), has produced 195 K tons of mineral fertilizers. Ammonium nitrate amounted to 104 K tons, calcium ammonium nitrate - 91 tons of the total volume of fertilizers produced.

Thanks to the timely modernization of key departments and their maximum load, the high production performance was achieved. In particular, the capacity utilization of ammonia A-2 shop amounted to 112.5% ??in 2016, the workshop of concentrated nitric acid - 108.5%, ammonium nitrate shop - 111.2%, the complex mineral fertilizers shop - 124.7%.

"In terms of the production of key product, which is ammonium nitrate, we managed to achieve record production figures since the company's foundation. In January the plant produced a record amount of ammonium nitrate - 53.7 K tons. In February and March, we did not slow down. In February we produced 51 K tons of ammonium nitrate, and we expect March not to be worse. The modernization held in the key workshops enabled us to derive such loading. Now the ammonium nitrate shop produces in average 1.2 tons of finished products per minute. Therefore, we have no doubt that we will ensure the demand for nitrogen fertilizers of Ukrainian farmers. The domestic market has been before and remains a priority for us", Mikhail Zabluda, Chairman of Rivneazot PJSC commented.

Rivneazot PJSC became a part of OSTCHEM in 2011. Since Dmitry Firtash acquired the plant, more than UAH 1.3 billion were invested in the modernization of the enterprise. Among the largest projects realized were the modernization of units at the ammonia-2 workshop with the investments of UAH 43.2 million. A project to build a unit for hydrogen separation in the Ammonia-2 shop was implemented with the investment of UAH 34.7 million. Two units have been restored in the workshop for the production of concentrated nitric acid, as well as the new warehouse of NAK (not concentrated nitric acid) was built. The total investment in these projects amounted to more than UAH 252 million.

The production of fertilizers at Rivneazot consists of three main stages. The first stage is the production of ammonia, the second - the production of concentrated nitric acid. At the final stage the  ammonium nitrate and calcium ammonium nitrate are made. These types of fertilizers remain the most popular in the Ukrainian market. According to OSTCHEM estimations, the Ukrainian market consumes nearly 0.8-1.1 million tons of mineral fertilizers.