As the consumption of food increases worldwide, so does the demand for fertilizers. For these reasons, Pardis Petrochemical Company, which chose to use RHEWEM screens, has opened a plant for the production of urea fertilizers in the Middle East.
During the St Petersburg International Economic Forum, Acron and Ultramar signed a transshipment agreement and warehouse leases in Ust-Luga port.
EuroChem Group AG has opened a new ammonia production plant, EuroChem Northwest, in Kingisepp, Russia. The plant has the largest single-train production capacity in Europe, at 1 million tpy.
Argus Media is reporting that weak ammonia prices have raised the upgrading margins on urea production to their highest since 2012.
The DuPont board formally approved the US$2 billion share buyback programme and the DuPont pro forma financial information has been filed with additional segment level pro forma information anticipated in the near future.
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. has announced that Dennis Kelleher, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has informed the company he will retire from CF effective 1 September 2019.
DuPont de Nemours, Inc. has announced its debut as an independent company following the successful separation of its Agriculture Division through the spin-off of Corteva, Inc.
RHEWUM emphasise the importance of maintaining dust-free equipment in screening plants.
Kalium Lakes Ltd has announced that it has awarded the key contracts for the engineering, procurement, construction management and commissioning associated with the development of the purification plant facilities for its Beyondie Sulfate of Potash Project (BSOPP).
The Republic of Uzbekistan and Germany have announced plans to construct a new chemical complex for the increased production of fertilizers in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
thyssenkrupp’s Industrial Solutions business area has received a new order for the construction of a fertilizer plant in Poland.
Curtiss-Wright has announced a new US$200 million share repurchase authorisation and declared 13% dividend increase to US$0.17/share for common stock.
Simon Daly, Hempel A/S, Denmark, discusses corrosion prevention methods in a new urea plant.
FLSmidth & Co. Group, the engineering, equipment and service solutions company, has announced their interim report for the first quarter of 2019.
Düsseldorf-based engineering group GEA confirms guidance for 2019 and introduces measures to improve earnings in Business Area Solutions.