PotashCorp will soon begin an 18-month process to restart its anhydrous ammonia plant in Geismar, LA. The plant has the capacity to produce 1,500 st/d. It was idled in 2003 due to high natural gas prices. Since then the company has used imported ammonia to make its other products at Geismar.
PotashCorp will be investing $158 million to bring the facility back up. It will hire 33 full time employees and 13 contractors. The location currently has 210 employees involved in the production of other products, including nitric acid, UAN, and urea.
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Matt Hopkins is Senior Multi-Media Specialist for the Agribusiness Group at Meister Media Worldwide (MMW), including such brands as CropLife, CropLife IRON, AgriBusiness Global, Global Agtech Initiative, and Cotton Grower. He is responsible for managing an array of digital products, including newsletters, websites, video, and social media. Hopkins originally joined MMW in 1994 as an editor for Greenhouse Grower magazine before transitioning to Business Manager of its MeisterPro division. He has a Communications Degree from Cleveland State University.
