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Yara cutting fertiliser output once again due to ‘record high’ gas prices

Fertiliser giant, Yara, has today (Thursday, August 25th, 2022) announced further production curtailments in Europe.

The move comes in response to “record high” gas prices across Europe.

According to a spokesperson for Yara, implementing further curtailments will take its total European ammonia capacity utilisation to around 35%.

Yara fertiliser

In a statement to That’s Farming, a spokesperson for the Norwegian chemical company said:

“With this, Yara will have curtailed an annual capacity equivalent of 3.1 million tonnes ammonia and 4.0 million tonnes finished products (1.8 million tonnes urea, 1.9 million tonnes nitrates and 0.3 million tonnes NPK) across its production system in Europe.”

“Yara will, where possible, use its global sourcing and production system to optimise operations and meet customer demand, including continued nitrate production using imported ammonia when feasible.”

“Yara will continue to monitor the situation and adapt to market conditions going forward,” the spokesperson concluded.

Italy and France

In March of this year, it announced that it would temporarily curtail production at two plants: Ferrara (Italy) and Le Havre (France).

The firm – which is one of the world’s largest fertiliser makers – made the announcement in light of “record-high” natural gas prices in Europe.

According to the firm, the two plants have a combined annual capacity of 1 million tonnes of ammonia and 0.9 million tonnes of urea.

Including optimisation and maintenance at other production facilities, it expects its European ammonia and urea production to operate at approximately 45% of capacity just days after the announcement.

Fossil-free fertilisers

Earlier this year, it announced that it signed a commercial agreement with Lantmännen to bring fossil-free fertilisers to the market.

They began testing the commercial viability of green fertilisers three years ago with a common goal to realise the world’s first fossil-free food chain.

The collaboration has resulted in a commercial contract for green fertilisers.

Yara will produce the fertilisers, and Lantmännen will market them in Sweden starting in 2023.

Read more on this news article.

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