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 in AdBlue, which is required in trucks to limit emissions. Concerns had escalated when the world’s biggest producer, China, banned exports of urea to prioritise domestic fertiliser supply, putting Australia at risk of having a grounded fleet of trucks normally responsible for transporting food, fuel, and other goods. The Australian federal government has approved Strike Energy Limited’s Project Haber, a $3 billion facility in the Narngulu Industrial Area near Geraldton, WA. Energy and Emissions Minister Angus Taylor said the project would end up producing around 1.4 million tonnes of urea each year from hydrogen and …