Kōrero: Fertiliser industry

Kapuni urea plant

Kapuni urea plant

The Kapuni plant in Taranaki produces urea, a nitrogen-containing chemical, from natural gas. Urea is the most widely used nitrogen fertiliser in New Zealand, and is also used in some manufacturing processes. Some urea is imported.

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Ballance Agri-Nutrients
Photograph by David Vernon

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Ants Roberts, 'Fertiliser industry - The industry today', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/15844/kapuni-urea-plant (accessed 28 March 2024)

He kōrero nā Ants Roberts, i tāngia i te 24 Nov 2008