Almost 300 jobs could be saved at a factory near Ellesmere Port after a consortium has expressed interest in buying the plant.
Last month, CF Fertilisers announced the closure of their plant in Ince, with the company revealing that it wants to focus its manufacturing operations in the UK exclusively at the Billingham manufacturing facility in Teesside – the largest ammonia, ammonium nitrate and carbon dioxide production facility in the country. The news came after the production of ammonia at the Cheshire site ceased in September 2021.
The closure would see the loss of 283 jobs at the plant, as well as 55 at the company's corporate office, also located at Ince. But now a consortium led by the former head of the Army, Lord Dannatt, is reportedly in talks with CF Fertilisers' American parent company to purchase the plant.
