Perdaman breaks ground on A$6bn urea project

Privately held Perdaman has broken ground on its A$6-billion Karratha urea project, marking the start of construction at the Pilbara’s first new gas manufacturing project in more than a decade.

The urea project will create 2 500 jobs during construction and 200 operational jobs, and will convert Western Australian natural gas from Woodside's Scarborough gas project into an estimated 2.3-million tonnes a year of urea., which is a widely used form of fertiliser for food production.