Romanian fertilizers maker Azomures resumes operations after one-year outage

Romania's last operating fertilizers producer, Azomures, owned by Swiss Ameropa but eyed for takeover by Romgaz, resumed operation at 30% capacity after an outage of nearly one year caused by high raw material (natural gas) prices. At the beginning, the plant started producing ammonia, which is a precursor to the manufacture of complex fertilizers.

Ameropa has operated the Azomures plant on and off during the past years, depending on the circumstances of the natural gas market. Now it reportedly uses domestic natural gas, in the amount of some 1 million cubic meters per day, the factory's nameplate capacity being 3.5 million cubic meters, Economedia.ro reported.