As a reminder, for the holiday season our office hours will be as follows:
December 30 - Closing at Noon
January 2 - Closed
We will respond to all requests during the next business day. Have a safe New Year and we wish you a prosperous 2017! Email:
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Thank You! - AAI Staff
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After three years of construction, CF Industries has fired up its new fertilizer plants at Port Neal. The completion of the $2 billion expansion is No. 4 on the Journal's list of the top 10 stories of 2016. By late fall, CF had started testing its new 2,420-tons-per-day ammonia plant and 3,850-tons-per-day urea synthesis and granulation plant. The new ammonia plant will triple the site's daily production of the basic building block for nitrogen-based fertilizers. The urea plant will churn out a solid nitrogen fertilizer that hasn't been produced at the Port Neal site in two decades. [...] READ MORE.
Fertilizer Plant 98% Done With Start-up Activities This Week
Even before New Year's festivities get underway, final strides in the Iowa Fertilizer Company are being made.
According to IFC Site Operations Director Darrell Allman, the plant, which is now 98 percent complete, will begin ammonia plant start up activities this week. Allman said this is a major step for the company, and more importantly, for the customers across the country who will be using the product. He said the start up activities will be going on over the next few weeks. The purpose is to make sure the plant is running properly. [...] READ MORE.
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