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Zuari Agro Chemicals to invest Rs 1300 crore to revamp urea plant

Post-revamp, urea capacity at its Goa site will increase from 1350 MTPD to 1800 MTPD

Zuari Agro Chemicals facility
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Zuari Agro Chemicals facility

Rakesh Rao Mumbai
Zuari Agro Chemicals Ltd will invest Rs 1300 crore to revamp its ammonia-urea plant in Goa, making it more energy efficient and increasing the production. “The Board of Directors of the company has approved the integrated revamp of ammonia-urea plants at a cost of approximately Rs 1300 crores,” said Zuari Agro Chemicals in a BSE filing on Monday. The revamp is expected to take around 25-30 months.

Consequently, the urea capacity will increase from 1350 metric tonne per day (MTPD) to 1800 MTPD and energy per tonne of urea will be 5.39 Gcal as against existing 6.67 Gcal.

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