Grupa Azoty has launched a new facility for the production of concentrated nitric acid with a design output of 40,000 tonnes per year, doubling its existing capacity. This is a second production line for above 98 per cent concentrated nitric acid now operating in Tarnów. It has brought the Tarnów plant’s total annual capacity for that product to 80,000 tonnes. As Grupa Azoty is the only Polish producer of concentrated nitric acid, the project is key to ensuring supplies of input materials for the manufacture of fine chemicals.

At its meeting held on January 16th 2023, the Supervisory Board of Grupa Azoty S.A. passed a resolution to remove from the Management Board of Grupa Azoty S.A. one of its Vice Presidents Mr Tomasz Hryniewicz. The resolution came into effect upon its adoption. At the same time, Grupa Azoty Puławy S.A. accepted a statement of resignation by Mr Tomasz Hryniewicz from the position of President of the Management Board and from membership of the Management Board of Grupa Azoty Puławy S.A., effective January 16th 2023.

Grupa Azoty has opened a new fertilizer storage facility in Tarnów. The new complex has a total storage capacity of about 6,650 tonnes of fertilizer. The project is a response to growing customer expectations regarding fertilizer availability. It also marks a step towards increasing the number and efficiency of loading operations. The project cost more than PLN 14.5m.

In accordance with the key terms and conditions defined for the purchase (the “Term Sheet”), the transaction would be carried out by Grupa Azoty S.A.’s entering into a preliminary conditional share purchase agreement to acquire in the future 100% of shares in Solarfarm’s share capital, followed by the purchase of the shares under a share purchase agreement in the first half of 2024 by Grupa Azoty S.A. or another company of its Group provided that technical conditions are adjusted and building permits for the construction of a power plant are obtained.

On Thursday, December 22nd, the Guadalupe Explorer gas tanker delivered the first 22,000 tonnes of propane, which will be loaded into propane tanks of the Offshore Gas Terminal built as part of the Polimery Police investment project, to be then used to start up the propane dehydrogenation and polypropylene production units. The delivery is being made under a USD 250m propane purchase agreement with Trafigura PTE Ltd. The agreement satisfies more than 50% of Grupa Azoty Polyolefins’ demand for propane in 2023-2024.

Grupa Azoty is one of the donors who provided funding to grow the art collection held by the Royal Castle in Warsaw. Among the works purchased were paintings by Bernardo Bellotto aka Canaletto, and Marcello Bacciarelli. Grupa Azoty’s donation also helped with the purchase of the painting César-René-Marie-François-Rodolphe de Vachon, Marquis de Belmont-Briançon, a battlefield beyond by Émile-Jean-Horace Vernet.