Sumykhimprom is a chemical industry plant based in
Sumy
Sumy (, , ) is a city in northeastern Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Sumy Oblast. The city is situated on the banks of the Psel (river), Psel River and has a population of making it the 23rd-largest in the country.
The city ...
,
Ukraine
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that produces mineral fertilizers, coagulants and additives to cement, acid, titanium dioxide and pigments, and other types of chemical products.
The plant is operated by PJSC "Sumykhimprom", a public joint-stock company which owns a large energy-chemical complex, the industrial site of which occupies 226 hectares. The plant is located in the southern part of the city of
Sumy
Sumy (, , ) is a city in northeastern Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Sumy Oblast. The city is situated on the banks of the Psel (river), Psel River and has a population of making it the 23rd-largest in the country.
The city ...
. The industrial complex consists of 11 main workshops, 20 auxiliary workshops, and 7 units of non-industrial groups (catering plant, sanatorium-dispensary, etc.)
PJSC "Sumykhimprom" has the status of a basic enterprise of the
chemical industry
The chemical industry comprises the companies and other organizations that develop and produce industrial, specialty and other chemicals. Central to the modern world economy, the chemical industry converts raw materials ( oil, natural gas, air, ...
of
Ukraine
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for the production of phosphate mineral fertilizers. The company also takes care of a
basketball club of the same name and a joint volleyball team with
Sumy State University named «Khimprom-SumDU».
On 21 March 2022, during the
battle of Sumy, a Russian airstrike damaged one of the ammonia tanks at the Sumykhimprom plant, contaminating land within a 2.5 km radius including the villages of Novoselytsia and Verkhnya Syrovatka. Due to the direction of the wind, the city of
Sumy
Sumy (, , ) is a city in northeastern Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Sumy Oblast. The city is situated on the banks of the Psel (river), Psel River and has a population of making it the 23rd-largest in the country.
The city ...
was largely unaffected despite its proximity to the leak.
References
{{Chemical Industry of Ukraine
Sumy
Chemical companies of Ukraine
Chemical companies of the Soviet Union
1953 establishments in the Soviet Union