VANADZOR-KIMPORM SET TO RESUME PRODUCTION OF FERTILIZERS NEXT MONTH: MINISTER
/ARKA/
3 July, 2012
YERVAN
YEREVAN, July 3. /ARKA/. Armenian ministries of agriculture and energy
and natural resources signed today a memorandum of understanding to
help start production of fertilizers at Vanadzor-Khimprom chemical
plant in August.
Speaking to reporters after the signing ceremony agricultural
minister, Sergo Karapetian, said both ministries will show support
for the plant in Armenia’s third largest town to resume production
of chemical fertilizers.
“Today we import all fertilizers used by our farmers. This is why it
is very important for us to organize a local production of chemical
fertilizers,” Karapetian said.
The minister said in the first phase the plant will produce nitric
fertilizers – carbamide and ammonium sulphate, and in the future it
may start producing also phosphate fertilizers. The minister said
that plant has the capacity to produce up to 25,000 tons of carbamide
and ammonium sulphate per year. The local demand for this type of
fertilizers is 35,000 tons, he said.
According to Karapetian, Armenian fertilizers will cost significantly
cheaper, but he refrained fr om specifying.
According to the ministry of agriculture, Armenia’s agricultural
sector uses today about 40 thousand of all types of fertilizers,
including nitric, potassium and phosphorus.
Vanadzor Kimprom, which is part of Prometey -Khimprom company, was
commissioned in 2005 after a long idle period. The plant is owned by
a British-registered Russian company Roding International Lim ited.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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