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Acid Plant Database April 28, 2020
Owner | Coromandel Fertilisers Limited (CFL) |
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Location |
Visakhapatnam |
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Background | Part of the Murugappa Group | |
Website | www.coromandel.biz | |
Plant | SAP-I | SAP-II |
Coordinates* | 17° 41' 57" N, 83° 13' 54.5" E | 17° 41' 59.5" N, 83° 13' 54" E |
Type of Plant | Sulphur Burning | Sulphur Burning |
Gas Source | Elemental Sulphur | Elemental Sulphur |
Plant Capacity | 300 MTPD | - |
SA/DA | DA | - |
Emissions |
SO2: 1 kg/MT |
SO2: 0.65 kg/MT |
Status | - | - |
Year Built | 1975 | - |
Technology | MECS Enterprises Private Limited (MEPL) | - |
Contractor | MECS Enterprises Private Limited (MEPL) | - |
Remarks | 1987 - CI trombone coolers replaced with anodically protected shell and tube acid coolers | - |
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General |
Coromandel Fertilisers Limited (CFL) incorporated in 1964, now belonging to
the Rs 9582 crores (USD $ 2.4 Billion) Murugappa Group, is a leading company
in India manufacturing a wide range of fertilisers and pesticides (technical
and formulations). CFL markets around 2.5 million tonnes of phosphatic
fertilisers making it a leader in its addressible markets and the second
largest phosphatic fertiliser player in India. The Company also markets
phosphogypsum and sulphur pastilles. |
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References | Seetaram, N. and Srinivasan, M.S., “Productivity Improvements in
Murugappa Group’s Phosphatic Fertilisers Unit at Visakhapatnam and Ennore”,
IFA Technical Conference, Chennai, India, September 24-27, 2002. |
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News |
April 27, 2020 - Indian
fertilizer importer and manufacturer Coromandel International (CIL) has
restarted production at one unit, following the reduction in output at the
end of March amid Covid-19 restrictions. CIL announced that it has
partially commenced operations at its Visakhapatnam fertilizer unit and that
its Kakinada facility is still running, according to a stock exchange filing
on 25 April. The firm is one of the largest domestic suppliers of
phosphate-based fertilizers in India, having produced 2.94mn t in 2018-19,
according to its annual report. It produced 561,000t of SSP in the same
period from eight production locations. It has a total annual capacity
of 3.5mn t of phosphate fertilizer, which includes DAP, SSP and NPKs, the
report says. Its major phosphate plants are in southeast India, in Kakinada
and Visakhapatnam, both located in Andhra Pradhesh, and two at Ennore and
Ranipet in Tamil Nadu. CIL reduced manpower at its NPK facilities on
23 March in light of the Indian government's inital plan for a 15-day
lockdown on 24 March to curb the spread of coronavirus. CIL then suspended
operations at its NPK plants at Ennore and Visakhapatnam on 26 March. The
government has since extended the lockdown until 3 May. CIL's shutdown
came amid a slew of closures announced by Indian fertilizer producers at the
end of March, with fellow suppliers IFFCO, Deepak, PPL, Fact, GSFC, RCF,
Smartchem and Greenstar announcing plant closures or reduced operating
rates. The announcement of CIL's resumption follows an uptick in raw
materials purchases earlier this month. CIL has been active in
securing prompt sulphuric acid at negative cfr prices. The producer was
coming out of planned maintenance when lockdowns were imposed and, despite
the various disruptions, discharge of sulphuric acid at Vizag and Kakinada
has not been affected. CIL is still receiving its contracted ammonia
shipments from suppliers, with a further 5,000t scheduled for early-May
delivery. CIL sources phosphoric acid as a raw material for production
from a wide array of origins, most notably Morocco's OCP. CIL received
983,000t of phosphoric acid last year, of which OCP shipped 454,000t,
according to Argus' data. But OCP reports that April-loading
phosphoric acid shipments to India have largely ground to a halt following
the drop in phosphates production and has accordingly sought to granulate
more DAP for Indian consumption. CIL bought 50,000t of Moroccan DAP for May
arrival to offset its lowered output.
www.argusmedia.com September 13, 2010 - Coromandel International has announced that the company has entered into a licence agreement with Shell Research for Shell Thiogro technology to manufacture sulphur enhanced fertilisers (SEF). Coromandel would initially employ the Shell Thiogro technology to manufacture SEF at its plant at Visakhapatnam and may extend it to Kakinada unit later. Shell Research is an affiliate of Royal Dutch Shell plc, London and the Shell Thiogro technology is developed by Shell Sulphur Solutions, a global business unit of the Royal Dutch Shell group of Companies. |
MTPD - Metric Tonne per Day
STPD - Short Ton per Day
MTPA - Metric Tonne per Annum STPA - Short Ton per
Annum
SA - Single Absorption
DA - Double Absorption
* Coordinates can be used to
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