Agrium completes urea plant at Texas nitrogen facility

Dual-listed Agrium has completed an expansion build-out at its Borger nitrogen operations, providing improved supply chain integration and product diversification and availability in the important agricultural region of Texas. The company, which is in the process of merging with Canadian counterpart PotashCorp of Saskatchewan to create a new $36-billion entity, said Tuesday it was commissioning the new 610 000 t urea facility, of which 100 000 t of urea-tonne equivalent would be diesel exhaust fluid, a higher-priced product used to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions in diesel vehicles.