Japan's JERA, Mitsui agree to build $4bn U.S. ammonia plant

Partners say facility's annual capacity of 1.4m tonnes will be world's largest

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JERA plans to use ammonia as an alternative fuel at its coal-fired power plants in Japan. (Photo by Manami Yamada)

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TOKYO -- Japanese energy company JERA, trading house Mitsui & Co. and a U.S. manufacturer have decided to invest $4 billion for building what they say would be the world's largest ammonia plant in the southern state of Louisiana, they announced Wednesday.

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