Swedish fertilizer firm Cinis is to suspend production at its 100,000 t/yr SOP plant in Ornskoldsvik, Sweden, from mid-November.
The company expects to pause output for 4-6 weeks to carry out "technical improvements", including increasing cooling capacity and installing a more efficient dust filter system.
Cinis in October abandoned its target to reach capacity at the plant by the end of this year, citing the need for more capital than expected. It is still conducting a strategic review, with the aim of reducing input costs, increasing SOP output capacity and achieving higher prices for finished product.
Cinis produced 5,000t of water-soluble SOP at Ornskoldsvik in September, down by 10pc on the month, indicating that the plant has been operating at 60pc of capacity. These volumes were sold to Netherlands-based Van Iperen, which has an offtake agreement with Cinis.
