Samsung breaks ground on massive coal-based blue ammonia plant in the US

Wabash Valley Resources' project is backed by both the US and South Korean governments

Samsung's engineering subsidiary has announced that it has broken ground on the Wabash Low-Carbon Ammonia Plant in Indiana, which would convert coal into 500,000 tonnes of NH₃ while capturing 1.67 million tonnes of CO₂ emissions from the process each year.

Cover photo:  Samsung E&A president and CEO Hong Namkoong (left) shakes hands with Simon Greenshields, chairman of the board for Wabash Valley Resources