Chambal Fertilisers and Chemicals Limited has awarded an EPC contract to Larsen & Toubro Limited on April 5, 2023 for the Technical Ammonium Nitrate (TAN) Project. 

Chambal Fertilisers and Chemicals Limited is setting up a plant for manufacture of Technical Ammonium Nitrate at the existing site of the company at Gadepan, District Kota, Rajasthan with a capacity of approximately 2,40,000 Metric Tons (MT) per annum including a plant to manufacture approximately 2,10,000 MT per annum of weak nitric acid.

The contract 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.

Payment is milestone based and includes 10% payment in advance against submission of a bank guarantee by the contractor.

The size of the contract is Rs. 960.71 crore plus applicable Goods and Services Tax and is scheduled to be completed within 30 months from April 5, 2023.

Chambal Fertilisers and Chemicals Limited accounts for nearly 13% of the total urea produced in the country. For more than two decades the company has contributed to the food security of the country with responsibility. Its three hi-tech nitrogenous fertiliser (urea) plants are located at Gadepan in Kota district of Rajasthan. The three plants have an installed annual production capacity of about 3.4 million MT of Urea contributing to a major chunk of Urea consumed in leading agri states in India.