“The unit has gradually restarted its installations; thus, on June 23, Donau Chem again reached a daily production of some 1,500 tons of urea and 850 tons of ammonium nitrate, for which it uses 1.6 million cubic meters of gas. This entire quantity represents imports,” per company officials.
The factory in Turnu Magurele employs some 500 people, with staff numbers being expected to increase by an additional 500 until the end of the third quarter of 2020. Deliveries of specific products will be carried out on the domestic and foreign markets.
The company said the program for the reopening of fertilizer factories operated by the group in Romania will continue at an accelerated pace, therefore, the factories Azochim (formerly known as Ga Pro Co) Savinesti and ROM Fertilizers (formerly known as Amurco) Bacau will also be reopened until the end of this fall.
Companies part of Interagro group went insolvent in 2016 and are currently under judicial reorganization.
Interagro owns six fertilizer factories and over 47,000 hectares of farmland. The group also owns and operates agricultural products processing factories and is constantly investing in tourism and sports, per company information.