# Metafrax Chemicals to build second melamine plant in Gubakha, Russia

PJSC Metafrax Chemicals signed a contract with Casale SA to build a second melamine plant at its facility in Gubakha, Perm region, with a capacity of 40,000 tons per year. The plant is scheduled to start up in the second half of 2025.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2021-11-10
- Where: Gubakha, Perm region, Russia
- Starts operating: Q3 2025
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 40,000 tons per year
- Products: melamine
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [PJSC Metafrax Chemicals](https://endata.com/companies/58922.md)
- [Casale](https://endata.com/companies/38792.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [metafraxgroup.com](https://www.metafraxgroup.com/en/article?slug=metafrax-will-double-the-capacities-of-melamine-production), 2021-11-11: "Construction of Melamine-2 plant is a continuation of Ammonia-Urea-Melamine complex history, construction of which we’re finishing this year, and it will be fully put in operation upon completion of commissioning works next year."

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