Azot (Sievierodonetsk)

Sievierodonetsk Association "Azot" is a chemical producer based in Sievierodonetsk, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine. It is the third largest producer of ammonia in the country^[5] and one of the largest in Europe; producing nitrogen fertilizers, methanol, acetic acid, vinyl acetate, and their derivatives; acetylene, formalin, catalysts, household chemicals, and other chemical products.^[4] The successor of the Lysychansk Nitrogen Fertilizer Plant built in 1934, "Azot" produced its first output of ammonium nitrate on 1 January 1951. Sometime after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the chemical plant was acquired by Ostchem Holding, part of Group DF run by Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash.^[6]

Sievierodonetsk Association "Azot"

Native name	Сєвєродонецьке об'єднання «Азот»
Company type	Private joint stock company
Industry	Chemical industry
Predecessor	Lysychansk Nitrogen Fertilizer Plant
Founded	1951
Headquarters	Sievierodonetsk,[1] Luhansk Oblast[2] , Ukraine
Key people	Dmytro Firtash, Alex Rovt
Products	nitrogen fertilizers, organic alcohols and acids, household chemicals, polymer products
Number of employees	7000[3] (2022)
Parent	Ostchem Holding[4]
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During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, "Azot" became the last Ukrainian-held position in the Battle of Sievierodonetsk, having sheltered soldiers and civilians.^[7] It was heavily damaged during the battle, as the transport workshop of the plant was shelled, igniting fuel and lubricants.^[8]