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This Tuesday, the formal launch of South Africa’s first green ammonia project takes place, having already secured an in-principle offtake agreement from a global player – a clear indication of the world’s ‘go green’ momentum. Hive Hydrogen and BuiltAfrica – together as Hive Hydrogen South Africa – as well as Linde plc, through its wholly owned South African subsidiary Afrox, have teamed up to establish this R75-billion green ammonia export plant in ...

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JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Hive Hydrogen and Built Africa – together as Hive Hydrogen – as well as Linde plc, through its wholly owned South African subsidiary Afrox, have teamed up to establish the world’s largest green ammonia export plant in Nelson Mandela Bay, in the Eastern Cape. The first phase is planned to go live in 2025, with full operation by the end of 2026.

Both companies have independently confirmed to gasworld that they are aware of the rising requirements for medical oxygen and are actively ensuring that adequate supply is available to meet those needs. “Afrox has adequate reserves of liquid oxygen in storage across South Africa and has supplied oxygen as required by public and private hospitals in all provinces at substantially higher than normal demand levels. Installed production capacity is more than 630 tonnes per day,” Schalk Venter,...