Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals has awarded a contract to Larsen and Toubro for setting up a technical ammonium nitrate manufacturing plant at the company’s existing site at Gadepan in Kota district of Rajasthan.
The dedicated plant will have a capacity of approximately 2,40,000 tpa including a unit to manufacture approximately 2,10,000 tpa of nitric acid.
The work includes designing, engineering, procurement, supply of equipment and materials, construction, project management, pre-commissioning and commissioning of the project and its associated facilities and grant/ transfer of requisite license for the project.
The contract, which is valued at Rs 960.71 crore, is scheduled to be completed within 30 months from the date of award, i.e. 5 April, 2023.