Post by Trade facilitator on Jun 17, 2021 11:26:49 GMT 1
Dangote Fertilizer Plant Delivers 120 Trucks Of Fertilizer Daily In Nigeria
The $2.5 billion Dangote’s Urea Fertilizer Plant in Lagos State, Nigeria is now delivering 120 trucks of fertilizer daily. The Urea fertilizer is now on sale in Nigeria according to an official from the group.
The group Executive Director (Strategy, Capital projects, and Portfolio Development), Dangote Industries Limited, Devakumar Edwin, disclosed that the plant has the capacity to produce over 4,500 metric tonnes of Urea daily. He also said that this quantity will conveniently meet local demand of about One Million metric tonnes annually; and then to cater for other countries in Africa.
What is Urea?
Urea is the most important nitrogenous fertilizer in the market with the highest nitrogen content of about 46%. The agricultural industry uses urea widely. It is white crystalline solid containing 46% nitrogen as an animal feed additive and fertilizer.
It has replaced the former ammonium nitrate used as fertilizer in the last decade. Urea is made when Carbon Dioxide is reacted with anhydrous ammonia. This happens under intensive pressure of about 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
It is processed to take the form of granules or solid globules known as prills. Dry urea is very soluble and must be kept away from moisture until ready to be used.
The company’s group Executive Director said that “the company will support farmers with the necessary training on the application of the fertilizer. They will also establish laboratories across the country for proper soil examination”.
He also said “The uniqueness of this plant, apart from the fact that we are producing fertilizer is the focus on farmers’ support on training, education, development, as we are now establishing laboratories across the country, and even mobile laboratories where we can go drive around and take soil samples for proper examination to efficiently grow the agricultural outputs across the country”.
The newly completed Dangote Fertilizer plant is located at Lekki Free Trade Zone (LFZ) in Lagos State, Nigeria.
According to Dangote Group, “the coming on stream of the plant will not only boost food sufficiency in Nigeria, but will also make Africa self-sufficient in food production and a net exporter of food to the world”.
The fertilizer plant will compete with another fertilizer plant, Notore Petrochemicals, a 500, 000 metric tonnes Urea plant in Onne, Rivers State, Nigeria. The second one is Indorama petrochemical Company with a capacity of 1.4 million metric tonnes of Urea fertilizer annually.
Remember that we brought you an article where the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari said in 2020 that he will no longer approve the allocation of foreign exchange for the importation of food and fertilizer in the country. Is this the result of that order? We wait to see.
He said that the country would rather empower more local farmers, and use agriculture as a means of solving unemployment among the youths.
The president also said that we have a lot of able bodied young men and women willing to work. And agriculture is the answer.
How many fertilizer plants are in Nigeria today and what are their names?
According to the Executive Secretary, Fertilizer Producers Society of Nigeria, as at 2019, there were about 24 functioning fertilizer blending plants in Nigeria.
In 2021, Nigeria has added another one, a mega one indeed, and this brings the total number to 34 companies producing fertilizer in the country.
This project is owned by Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, and it is currently the world’s largest fertilizer plant.
The facility is within the vicinity of the 650, 000 barrels of crude oil a day refinery in Lekki Nigeria.
The plant has placed Nigeria in the world map as the only Urea exporting country in the sub-Saharan Africa.
This fertilizer manufacturing plant and the petrochemical plants in the same vicinity are capable of generating about $2.5 billion annually for the country.
The main contractor, Saipem SPA, has been in business in Nigeria for over 50 years, covering several industries.
We are waiting breathlessly to see the great impact from this fertilizer plant on the agricultural output of Nigerian farmers.
Stay with us as we will continue to update you as things progress.
The $2.5 billion Dangote’s Urea Fertilizer Plant in Lagos State, Nigeria is now delivering 120 trucks of fertilizer daily. The Urea fertilizer is now on sale in Nigeria according to an official from the group.
The group Executive Director (Strategy, Capital projects, and Portfolio Development), Dangote Industries Limited, Devakumar Edwin, disclosed that the plant has the capacity to produce over 4,500 metric tonnes of Urea daily. He also said that this quantity will conveniently meet local demand of about One Million metric tonnes annually; and then to cater for other countries in Africa.
What is Urea?
Urea is the most important nitrogenous fertilizer in the market with the highest nitrogen content of about 46%. The agricultural industry uses urea widely. It is white crystalline solid containing 46% nitrogen as an animal feed additive and fertilizer.
It has replaced the former ammonium nitrate used as fertilizer in the last decade. Urea is made when Carbon Dioxide is reacted with anhydrous ammonia. This happens under intensive pressure of about 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
It is processed to take the form of granules or solid globules known as prills. Dry urea is very soluble and must be kept away from moisture until ready to be used.
The company’s group Executive Director said that “the company will support farmers with the necessary training on the application of the fertilizer. They will also establish laboratories across the country for proper soil examination”.
He also said “The uniqueness of this plant, apart from the fact that we are producing fertilizer is the focus on farmers’ support on training, education, development, as we are now establishing laboratories across the country, and even mobile laboratories where we can go drive around and take soil samples for proper examination to efficiently grow the agricultural outputs across the country”.
The newly completed Dangote Fertilizer plant is located at Lekki Free Trade Zone (LFZ) in Lagos State, Nigeria.
According to Dangote Group, “the coming on stream of the plant will not only boost food sufficiency in Nigeria, but will also make Africa self-sufficient in food production and a net exporter of food to the world”.
The fertilizer plant will compete with another fertilizer plant, Notore Petrochemicals, a 500, 000 metric tonnes Urea plant in Onne, Rivers State, Nigeria. The second one is Indorama petrochemical Company with a capacity of 1.4 million metric tonnes of Urea fertilizer annually.
Remember that we brought you an article where the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari said in 2020 that he will no longer approve the allocation of foreign exchange for the importation of food and fertilizer in the country. Is this the result of that order? We wait to see.
He said that the country would rather empower more local farmers, and use agriculture as a means of solving unemployment among the youths.
The president also said that we have a lot of able bodied young men and women willing to work. And agriculture is the answer.
How many fertilizer plants are in Nigeria today and what are their names?
According to the Executive Secretary, Fertilizer Producers Society of Nigeria, as at 2019, there were about 24 functioning fertilizer blending plants in Nigeria.
In 2021, Nigeria has added another one, a mega one indeed, and this brings the total number to 34 companies producing fertilizer in the country.
This project is owned by Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, and it is currently the world’s largest fertilizer plant.
The facility is within the vicinity of the 650, 000 barrels of crude oil a day refinery in Lekki Nigeria.
The plant has placed Nigeria in the world map as the only Urea exporting country in the sub-Saharan Africa.
This fertilizer manufacturing plant and the petrochemical plants in the same vicinity are capable of generating about $2.5 billion annually for the country.
The main contractor, Saipem SPA, has been in business in Nigeria for over 50 years, covering several industries.
We are waiting breathlessly to see the great impact from this fertilizer plant on the agricultural output of Nigerian farmers.
Stay with us as we will continue to update you as things progress.
