CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (CF Holdings) i is a manufacturer and distributor of nitrogen and phosphate fertilizer products in North America. The company's operations are organized into two business segments: segment nitrogen and phosphate segment. Its main products are in the ammonia nitrogen segment, urea and ammonium nitrate, urea solution (KAS). Its main products are in the segment of diammonium phosphate (DAP) and Monoammonium phosphate (MAP) and granular potassium salt (potassium). CF Holdings' main market and distribution facilities are concentrated in the United States Midwest grain producing countries. 28 September 2009 of the year, the company announced, what he gained about 7% from Terra Industries incl.
The main production facilities of the company include nitrogen fertilizers at the Donaldsonville complex, Louisiana, 66% economic interest in compound nitrogen fertilization in Canada (who works at Medicine Hat, Albert, Canadian Fertilizer through Limited (CFL)); complex ammonium phosphate fertilizer complexes Plant in City, Florida; phosphate mine rock and associated concentrator in Hardee County, Florida; terminal system, warehouses and related equipment transportation, located primarily in the US Midwest, and 50% shares in KEYTRADE AG (Keytrade), a global fertilizer trading company in Zurich, Switzerland. For the year, ended 31 December 2008, CF Holdings sold 6,1 million. tons of nitrogen fertilizers and 1,8 million. tons of phosphate fertilizers.
Segment nitrogen
CF Holdings operates a nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing facility in Donaldsonville, Louisiana and Medicine Hat, Albert, Canada. She owns Donaldsonville Nitrogen Compound Fertilizer and 66% economic interest in the CFL, Canadian joint ventures, Which Owns Nitrogen Medicine Hat Compound Fertilizer. IN 2008 year, the total production capacity of these two facilities is approximately 20% from North American ammonia potential, 34% North American dry urea capacity and 18% North Potential of American Hryvnias.
Donaldsonville ammonia nitrogen fertilizer consists of four plants, four enterprises for the production of urea and two UAH plants. It has the potential for an annual production of about 2,3 million. tons of ammonia (most of which, usually, elevated in urea and CAS), 2,6 million. tons of liquid urea (including amounts converted to CAS) And 2,7 million. tons of CAS (measured on 28 % nitrogen content based). Medicine Hat has two ammonia plants, which have a combined gross annual productivity of about 1,3 million. tons and urea plant, which has a total annual performance 810000 tons. On-site storage complex 60000 tons of ammonia and 70000 tons of urea. Medicine Hat object owned by ZhDL. She operates a Medicine Hat facility and has purchased about 66% ammonia facility and urea production.
Phosphate segment
Phosphate fertilizer manufacturing operations are located in Central Florida, and consist of phosphate complex chemical fertilizer plant in the city and phosphate mine rock, concentrator and phosphate rock reserves in Hardee County. All phosphoric acid plant of the city is converted to ammonium phosphate (DAP and map).
The company operates a phosphate warehouse, located at deep water port facilities in Tampa, Florida. Most of the phosphate rock is produced in the city's factory delivered by road or rail to its Tampa warehouse, where loaded onto ships for export to customers or for transportation across the Gulf of Mexico to the Mississippi River. During 2008 a year at the Tampa warehouse is processed about 1,2 million. tons of phosphate fertilizers, what constitutes 61% from its production. The rest of the Company's phosphate production of mineral fertilizers is transported by road or rail directly to customers or institutions in the data storage market.
The company competes with Agrium, Mosaic, Nitrogen Koch, Terra Industries, Potash and Corp. Simplot
