Mitsui to produce clean-burning ammonia with U.S. partner

Japanese trading house will supply power plants and factories in Asia

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CF Industries' plant in the U.S. state of Louisiana. (Photo courtesy of CF Industries)

TATSURO MIYAZUMI, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Japanese trading house Mitsui & Co. will produce ammonia in the U.S. through a joint venture with a partner there, with the climate-friendly fuel to be shipped to Asia for use at power plants and factories.

Mitsui and CF Industries Holdings have announced that they will set up a joint venture in 2023 and finish construction on a U.S. ammonia production facility in 2027. The plant is expected to have an annual output capacity of 800,000 tons to 1 million tons, making it one of the world's largest.

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