'Coal-bed methane exploitation to reduce AN costs'

 'Coal-bed methane exploitation to reduce AN costs'
Published: 07 September 2018
The cost of Ammonium Nitrate (AN) fertiliser, which is largely on the upper side in the country mainly due to high costs of the major component, ammonia, is set to come down once coal - bed methane gas exploitation starts in Lupane - Matabeland North, a senior Government official reveals.

The ammonia the country is using to produce AN fertiliser, is produced through an expensive industrial process at Sable Chemical Industries in Kwekwe and of late the product has been imported from South Africa, further putting pressure on foreign currency requirements and the price of the commodity.

But it is hoped that once coal-bed methane gas exploitation starts in Lupane, ammonia would be available at considerably lower costs, resulting in fair prices for AN.
- Business Weekly
Tags: Coal, Methane,

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