Mexico’s GPO ammonia plant in Sinaloa reaches 80% completion, targets 2027 startup

Gas y Petroquimica de Occidente (GPO) has reached 80% completion on its $1.6 billion anhydrous ammonia plant in Topolobampo, Sinaloa, with commercial production targeted for 2027, according to Mexico Business News.

The facility will produce approximately 800,000 metric tons of anhydrous ammonia per year. Once operational, it will become Latin America’s largest merchant ammonia plant, positioning Sinaloa as a strategic hub for chemical production and agricultural input security in the region.

The GPO project is one of two fertilizer investments under construction in Mexico. Fermachem broke ground in June 2026 on a separate $1.6 billion urea complex in Lerdo, Durango, designed to produce about 1 million metric tons of granulated urea annually using self-generated electricity and carbon capture technology. That plant targets commercial production in 2029.

Combined, the two projects represent more than $3.2 billion in private investment to expand Mexico’s fertilizer manufacturing capacity. Mexico currently depends heavily on imports for both ammonia and urea, leaving its farmers exposed to the price spikes and supply disruptions that have followed the Strait of Hormuz closure.

The Topolobampo plant’s 2027 startup would bring new supply to the market at a time when global nitrogen availability remains constrained by the conflict in the Middle East and production cuts across Europe.

Source: DTN / Mexico Business News