THE Federal Government has announced plans to secure supplies of AdBlue after a dire shortage of the emissions reducing fluid threatened to stop the transport industry late last year.
Earlier today, The Australian reported the $49.5 million plan to make a national stockpile and to incentivise Australian businesses to manufacture urea, which is the key ingredient. The plan is said to add five weeks of supply in the case of a shortage.
Last year, China banned urea exports to lower its domestic fertilizer prices, which resulted in Australia almost running out of AdBlue and prices…