Yara International ASA

About Yara

Yara International ASA is a Norwegian chemical company headquartered in Oslo, founded in 1905 as Norsk Hydro – as the world's first producer of mineral nitrogen fertilizers. The company produces, distributes and sells nitrogen-based mineral fertilizers as well as phosphate and potassium fertilizers, compound and specialty fertilizers, and nitrogen-based industrial products. Yara operates 26 production plants on six continents, is active in over 60 countries and supplies more than 140 markets with around 15,700 employees. In addition to crop nutrition solutions, the portfolio includes Industrial Solutions, Clean Ammonia for the hydrogen economy, soil and leaf analyses (Yara Analytical Services) as well as Carbon Capture and Storage, for example with Europe's largest carbon capture plant in Sluiskil (Netherlands). In 2025, revenue stood at USD 15.7 billion with 23.76 million tonnes of fertilizers delivered.

Site

NO-0277 Oslo

Processes

Crop nutrition solutions (fertilizers), Industrial Solutions (nitrogen-based products), Clean Ammonia / hydrogen economy, Yara Analytical Services (soil and leaf analyses, Soil Health Assessment), Precision farming / digital agricultural tools, Carbon Capture and Storage, Bio-based and organo-mineral fertilizers

Founded

1905

Employees

15700

Industries

Agriculture / Agribusiness, Food value chain, Chemicals / Industrial gases, Shipping (Clean Ammonia), Energy-intensive industries, Flue gas treatment

1. 01

   Ammonia and nitrogen production

2. 02

   Fertilizer formulation and granulation

3. 03

   Industrial nitrogen solutions

4. 04

   Analytics and agricultural advisory

5. 05

   Logistics and sales in over 140 markets

Locations

Oslo

NO

Headquarters (Drammensveien 131)

Köping

SE

Yara AB site

Pocklington

GB

Yara Pocklington site

Tampa, FL

US

Yara North America Inc.

Sluiskil

NL

Production site with Europe's largest carbon capture plant (up to 800,000 t CO₂/year)

Brunsbüttel

DE

Ammonia terminal (import of up to 3 M t ammonia annually)

Inside the production

History

1. 1905

   Founded as Norsk Hydro in Notodden by Sam Eyde, Kristian Birkeland and Marcus Wallenberg Sr.; world's first producer of mineral nitrogen fertilizers

2. 1913

   First delivery to China

3. 1967

   Johan B. Holte becomes CEO; modernization to petrochemical fertilizer production

4. 1969

   Qafco joint venture in Qatar

5. 1979-1986

   Acquisitions of NSM, Supra AB, Ruhr-Stickstoff AG, Cofaz; market leadership in Western Europe

6. 2004

   Spin-off from Norsk Hydro; listing on the Oslo Stock Exchange as Yara International ASA (25 March)

7. 2005

   100th anniversary

8. 2008

   'Glassbjørnen' prize for the N2O reduction catalyst

9. 2013

   Acquisition of OFD Holding (Colombia/Latin America)

10. 2014

    USD 48 million fine for corruption (India/Libya/Russia)

11. 2015

    Svein Tore Holsether becomes CEO

12. 2017

    Acquisition of Vale Cubatão Fertilizantes (Brazil); start of the Yara Birkeland project (first autonomous, electric container ship)

13. 2021

    Founding of Yara Clean Ammonia; acquisition of Ecolan Oy (Finland)

14. 2022

    Christening of the Yara Birkeland; CCS agreement with Northern Lights; Yara Eyde announced

15. 2024

    24 MW electrolyzer in Norway; PepsiCo partnership; Brunsbüttel ammonia terminal; first ship-to-ship ammonia transfer

16. 2025

    Operation of Europe's largest carbon capture plant in Sluiskil (up to 800,000 t CO₂/year); keel laying of Yara Eyde; acquisition of Gulf Coast Ammonia (Texas City, USA)