# Ammonia: Relationships Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/ammonia/links/ Every element and industry that Ammonia is linked to, and how. Each pair has its own card explaining the relationships between the two. - [Natural gas](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/ammonia-and-natural-gas/): Most of the world's ammonia is made from natural gas, which supplies both the hydrogen and the process heat, so gas is most of an ammonia plant's cost. When gas prices spike, as in Europe in 2022, ammonia output is cut and fertiliser prices rise. *(researched)* - [Hydrogen and hydrogen carriers](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/ammonia-and-hydrogen-and-hydrogen-carriers/): Ammonia is the leading way to ship hydrogen over long distances because it liquefies easily and already has ships and ports, but making it and cracking it back to hydrogen can together use a quarter or more of the hydrogen's energy. It works best where the ammonia is used as it is. *(researched)* - [Phosphate rock](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/ammonia-and-phosphate-rock/): DAP, a leading phosphate fertiliser, is phosphoric acid from phosphate rock neutralised with ammonia, about 0.22 t of ammonia per tonne, so the two are co-inputs whose costs add up in the finished product, and India imports a large share of both. *(researched)* - [DAP and MAP](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/ammonia-and-dap-and-map/): Ammonia supplies all the nitrogen in DAP and MAP, so phosphate fertiliser costs carry an ammonia price on top of phosphoric acid. India imports finished DAP and much of the ammonia and acid to make it, so ammonia shocks reach Indian farms through the subsidy. *(researched)* - [Thermal coal](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/ammonia-and-thermal-coal/): About a quarter of the world's ammonia is made by gasifying coal, almost all of it in China, where coal is cheaper and more secure than gas. India is trying the same route to cut LNG imports for urea, but its first plant at Talcher has been delayed and was targeting commissioning by December 2027. *(researched)* - [Urea](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/ammonia-and-urea/): Urea is the main way ammonia's nitrogen reaches farms: about 55% of world ammonia demand goes into urea, usually made at the same site using the ammonia plant's own CO2. Little ammonia is traded, so urea prices largely set ammonia producers' margins. *(researched)* - [Energy-intensive industry](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/ammonia-and-energy-intensive-industry/): Energy-intensive industry needs ammonia; their prices have moved together. - [Nitrogen (ammonia)](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/ammonia-and-nitrogen-ammonia/): Nitrogen (ammonia) is a raw material for ammonia; their prices have moved together. - [Acrylonitrile](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/acrylonitrile-and-ammonia/): Their prices have moved together. - [Ammonia, methanol and e-fuels](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/ammonia-and-ammonia-methanol-and-e-fuels/): Ammonia, methanol and e-fuels needs ammonia. - [Caprolactam](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/ammonia-and-caprolactam/): Their prices have moved together. - [Carbon dioxide](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/ammonia-and-carbon-dioxide/): Their prices have moved together. - [Embodied energy trade](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/ammonia-and-embodied-energy-trade/): Embodied energy trade needs ammonia. - [Energy in farming](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/ammonia-and-energy-in-farming/): Energy in farming needs ammonia. - [Food and beverage processing](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/ammonia-and-food-and-beverage-processing/): Food and beverage processing depends on ammonia. - [Hydrogen](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/ammonia-and-hydrogen/): Their prices have moved together. - [LNG chain](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/ammonia-and-lng-chain/): Their prices have moved together. - [Maize](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/ammonia-and-maize/): Their prices have moved together. - [Nylon (PA6, PA66)](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/ammonia-and-nylon-pa6-pa66/): Their prices have moved together. - [Phosphoric acid](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/ammonia-and-phosphoric-acid/): Their prices have moved together. - [Plastic and rubber products](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/ammonia-and-plastic-and-rubber-products/): Plastic and rubber products depends on ammonia. - [Power-to-X](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/ammonia-and-power-to-x/): Power-to-X needs ammonia. - [Ship propulsion](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/ammonia-and-ship-propulsion/): Their prices have moved together. - [Specialty amines and ethanolamines](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/ammonia-and-specialty-amines-and-ethanolamines/): Their prices have moved together. - [Waste and recycling](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/ammonia-and-waste-and-recycling/): Waste and recycling depends on ammonia. - [Wholesale and retail trade](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/ammonia-and-wholesale-and-retail-trade/): Wholesale and retail trade depends on ammonia. ## Other sections - [Summary](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/ammonia/index.md) - [Overview](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/ammonia/overview/index.md) - [Correlation](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/ammonia/correlation/index.md) - [Production route](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/ammonia/routes/index.md) - [Production](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/ammonia/production/index.md) - [Feedstocks](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/ammonia/feedstocks/index.md) - [Cycles](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/ammonia/cycles/index.md) - [Trading](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/ammonia/trading/index.md) - [Movement](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/ammonia/movement/index.md) - [Regulation](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/ammonia/regulation/index.md) - [Characteristics](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/ammonia/characteristics/index.md) - [Emissions](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/ammonia/emissions/index.md)