Fertilizer news updates

In the May/June issue of World Fertilizer, Gordon Cope, Contributing Editor, provides insight into current strategies companies and governments are deploying to make fertilizers more sustainable.

Saudi Arabia's SABIC has loaded the dry bulk carrier, Courtesy K, with a urea shipment at the port of Yanbu on the Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia.

MAIRE has announced new awards for an overall value of approximately €1.3 billion, including a large scale E&C project as well as licensing and PDP for a fertilizer plant.

Itafos and Rio Tinto have amended a sulfuric acid contract to further support US farming.

Itafos has amended its sulfuric acid supply contract with Rio Tinto, continuing its long-term relationship with Kennecott to further support US farming.

Officials in Ethiopia have announced that the Dangote Fertilizer project will see an increase in project investment to over US$4 billion.

Australia has secured a 90 000 t of urea across three separate cargoes via a government scheme to support fertilizer imports.

Jordan Green Ammonia has signed an agreement for a US$1 billion green ammonia hub as part of a landmark utility scale deal for the country.

SiC Systems has agreed to cooperate on a next-generation green ammonia platform through collaboration with Copernic Catalysts.

Indian Potash Limited (IPL), a major fertilizer importer and producer, has issued LoI to 14 suppliers in order to secure over 1.3 million t of DAP.

CF Industries Holdings, Inc. has reported 1Q26 net earnings of US$615 million, adjusted EBITDA of US$983 million.

Avenir Minerals has agreed to acquire Fox River Resources in an all-cash transaction for approximately CAN$94.3 million.

PepsiCo and Fertiberia have announced a long-term collaboration to scale the use of high-tech, green hydrogen-based fertilizer in Europe.

Loop Chemicals has licensed chemical looping ammonia technology from Sandia National Laboratories in the US.

In an insight piece from ICIS, Chris Vlachopoulos explores how policy responses to the disruptions caused by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz remain mixed.

Andrew T. Scribner has been elected Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

PepsiCo and TalusAg have announced a low-carbon ammonia attribute agreement to help accelerate fertilizer decarbonisation.

Chris Vlachopoulos, ICIS, has highlighted how the fertilizer market has begun to reorient around tighter availability and elevated prices.

The Mosaic Company has celebrated contract partners at the 2026 Contractor Safety Awards.

Victorian Hydrogen has revealed its plans for a US$1.77 billion New Zealand project to produce fertilizer from brown coal.

A US senator has revealed plans to introduce a bill to remove countervailing duties on Moroccan phosphate imports, in reaction to increased fertilizer costs in the US.

The Ammonia Energy Association has launched a global Ammonia Certification System with MiQ to accelerate the adoption of clean ammonia.

CF Industries and PepsiCo have entered a commercial agreement to produce low-carbon nitrogen fertilizer for potato farming.

India's fertilizer ministry has recommended that national fertilizer companies begin buying fertilizers and raw materials as a collective.