Bolivia reaches full running rates at its urea, ammonia plant

Bolivia?s Hydrocarbons Minister Franklin Molina Ortiz said on Aug. 20, 2022 that fertilizers are guaranteed for the sugar cane and other agriculture efforts because the country?s fertilizers plant is now running at capacity, a year after its restart became possible.

“The ammonia and urea plant a few days ago, for the first time since it started operations, has reached 100% of capacity with 2,100 metric tonnes of urea per day,” Molina said, speaking during a sugar cane fair in the region of Santa Cruz, according to a statement from the Hydrocarbons ministry.

The government is working to execute Bolivia?s recent announcement of a 60,000-tonnes-per-year NPK fertilizer

plant for 2023, Molina said.

Bolivia?s government is also working with sugar cane producers to promote biofuels production. The government has reached agreements to buy ethanol and use sugar biomass for electricity generation with domestic cane producers, it said.

The urea, ammonia plant was restarted a year ago after an interruption of nearly two years.