Fertilizers and Chemicals Travancore Limited (FACT) said that its second Muriate of Potash (MOP) shipment (27,000 MT) for the Kharif season has reached Tuticorin Port on August 21 and unloading is in progress. In a bid to fulfil ongoing essential crop nutrients to the farmers, the company had placed import orders for three shipments of fertilizers in July. 

 

MOP along with FACT's prime product Factamfos is a fertilizer combination preferred by the farmers of South India. Earlier, the company had imported one MoP and one NPK complex parcels during June - July.

 

It is understood that the company is optimising its operations taking adequate safeguards against COVID-19 pandemic. With reasonably good monsoon encouraging agriculture, company is taking steps to meet the demand of farmers during the season.

 

In addition to this, the company is planning to restart Caprolactam operations during the financial year 2020-2021 after completing major maintenance activities and installing online effluent monitoring facilities. Trial run of the plant has already been completed.

 

The company has delivered an encouraging performance on the production and marketing front during first five months of the current financial year. The company achieved record monthly production of Ammonium Sulphate at 24,016 tonne in July and surpassed the previous record of 23,811 tonnes set in January 2020.