Abu Qir Fertilizers hosts Minister of Industry at Alexandria nitrogen complex

Abu Qir Fertilizers and Chemical Industries Company operates a complex on 420,000 square meters in Alexandria's Rashid area, with annual nitrogen fertilizer capacity of about 1.8 million tonnes, including 1.097 million tonnes of urea and 725,000 tonnes of ammonium nitrate. Its three plants produce ammonia, urea, ammonium nitrate, nitric acid and specialty urea. The company exports roughly 48–50% of output to Europe, the Americas, the Mediterranean and Southeast Asia, and its Zero Liquid Discharge unit has a designed capacity of 650 cubic meters per hour.

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Urea and ammonium nitrate are the main nitrogen fertilizers made from ammonia, which is itself produced from natural gas and nitrogen. Their core demand comes from agriculture, since nitrogen is the nutrient most often limiting crop yields, so planting seasons and grain and food prices shape buying patterns. Nitric acid is a key intermediate for ammonium nitrate and also feeds explosives and other industrial chemistry. Because nitrogen producers depend heavily on gas feedstock, plant outages or gas curtailments can quickly tighten global urea and ammonia supply, lifting prices for importers in Europe, the Americas and Southeast Asia. Exporters with reliable operations can capture that spread, while buyers elsewhere often watch Egyptian and other Middle Eastern and North African output closely when sourcing spot cargoes. Consistent output also matters for domestic farm supply and food security in producing countries.

Source: official release on abuqir.net. Summary and context written by Market Krystal.