The latest fertilizer news

Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki has confirmed that the Edo Fertilizer Blending Plant in Auchi, Estako West, will begin commercial operation by mid-June 2017.

Chambal Fertilisers and Chemicals has entered into a 9-year contract with GAIL (India).

Encanto Potash Corp. will have the capacity to produce and export 3.4 million tpy, according to a recently completed Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) by Amec Foster Wheeler.

Richard Ewing and Deepika Thapliyal, ICIS, UK, analyse natural gas as an increasingly powerful resource for fertilizer manufacturing.

Kalium Lakes Ltd (KLL) has released an update on current test pumping and brine analysis results for the Beyondie SOP Project.

K+S has produced the first tonnes of marketable potash in its new Bethune potash mine in Saskatchewan.

The new Vulcanator® KM10 is a heavy-duty granulator with the ability to reduce synthetic or natural rubber components, parts belts, parts of raw bales and more into small bits without significant heat rise.

Sackett-Waconia has added three new Regional Account Manager positions to their sales team.

Clariant has announced the retirement of Ken Golder, who serves as North America Region Head as well as President and CEO of both Clariant Corp. and Clariant Canada Inc.

The fertilizer industry’s contribution to a healthy economy was recognised by President Donald Trump at a recent event in Cincinnati, Ohio.

As reported by Reuters, fertilizer exports from Qatari producer Qafco remain unaffected by the regional diplomatic row.

K+S Potash Canada has committed over US$2.8 million in funding for wetland conservation.

AMECO has completed the commissioning of a custom Portal Reclaimer handling 480 tph of urea with a rail span of 54 m for Agrium.

Krishnapatnam Port has installed an automated fertilizer handling system (AFHS), which will be capable of handling end-to-end fertilizer cargo from vessel discharge to road/rail evacuation.

Gensource Potash Corporation has announced the results from the detailed feasibility study for its Vanguard One Potash Project in Saskatchewan.

The signatories will explore the possible construction of a second potassium nitrate (NK) production line at the EuroChem Migao joint-venture facility.

Potash Ridge Corp. has engaged Novopro Projects Inc. to act as its lead Owner's Engineer to advance the potassium sulfate project through final engineering and construction completion.

The acquisition will lead to an increase in bulk carloads from Georgia.

With potash playing a key role in meeting agriculture’s needs with 95% of it being used as fertilizer, World Fertilizer’s Assistant Editor Harleigh Hobbs spoke to Punkaj Gupta, Joint Managing Director & Group Chief Executive of Essel Group ME, about the company, its flagship potash project and the future of the industry.

The company intends to propose two new directors for election in its upcoming meeting.

The Canadian Commercial Corp. has announced it has signed over US$1 billion in contracts in support of Canadian companies selling to Cuban government buyers since 1991.

The Supreme Court has ruled that Haifa Chemicals must close the ammonia tank located in the Haifa bay industrial zone.