Business Wire·Oct 2, 2025, 4:30 PM ET

CF Industries, Trafigura and Envalior Announce Shipment of Certified Low-Carbon Ammonia

CF Industries shipped 23,500 metric tons of certified low-carbon ammonia from its Donaldsonville, Louisiana facility on September 25, 2025.
Trafigura purchased the ammonia for delivery to Envalior in Antwerp, Belgium, where it will be used to produce low-carbon caprolactam.
The ammonia is certified under the Verified Ammonia Carbon Intensity (VACI) Program, demonstrating a lower well-to-gate carbon footprint than conventional natural gas-based production.
Production of the low-carbon ammonia was enabled by CF Industries' CO2 capture & storage project at Donaldsonville, which commenced operations in July 2025 with a capacity to sequester up to 2 million metric tons of CO2 annually.
CF Industries expects to produce approximately 1.9 million tons of VACI-certified low-carbon ammonia annually, which can be upgraded into low-carbon nitrogen fertilizer products.
This shipment marks CF Industries' first delivery of low-carbon premium ammonia to Europe, following a prior sale to a customer in Africa.
Executives from CF Industries, Trafigura, & Envalior highlighted the partnership as a key milestone for developing a low-carbon supply chain ahead of the European Union's carbon border adjustment mechanism.
VACI is a voluntary program by The Fertilizer Institute that uses industry-expert methodology & third-party auditing to verify greenhouse gas emissions from ammonia production.