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Western Australia to See $2B Urea Manufacturing Facilities Amid Global Shortage

February 4, 2022
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Western Australia (WA) is set to host two separate billion-dollar urea manufacturing projects that will sever Australia’s dependence on imports amid global supply chain chaos. Australia relies almost entirely on imports of urea to sustain its agricultural and trucking industry, with the ingredient used in the production of fertiliser, along with being the primary ingredient…

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Australia to Boost Urea Production to Keep Trucking Industry Moving

December 20, 2021
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The Australian government has agreed to help national industry rapidly design and develop new urea manufacturing capabilities to tackle a looming shortfall that could ground the nation’s diesel fleet. To address the impending deficit, the Australian government has struck a deal with fertiliser manufacturer Incitec Pivot to immediately begin the design, trial, and testing of…

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Australia’s Trade Minister Confident With Nation’s Urea Supply

December 12, 2021
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Federal Trade Minister Dan Tehan is confident Australia’s urea supply will be unaffected as the federal government seeks to secure the crucial diesel exhaust ingredient from other countries. Tehan has also urged businesses not to hoard Adblue—a brand of diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) containing urea used in many trucks and modern diesel vehicles—in order to…

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Fears Grow Imminent Urea Shortage May Leave Australia’s Diesel Fleet Stranded

December 8, 2021
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A large portion of Australia’s fleet of trucks responsible for transporting food, fuel, and other resources may be left unable to operate as a shortfall of urea—a legally-required component in many modern diesel engines—grips international supplies. This comes as the world’s biggest producer of urea, China, banned the export of the resource to prioritise domestic…

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