Fertilizer news updates

Organic Potash Corp. has released a statement announcing an amendment to its $100 000 private placement financing.

Emmerson Plc has announced that it has appointed Golder Associates to oversee the delivery of a scoping study on its 100% owned Khemisset Potash Project in Northern Morocco.

Kalium Lakes has executed an offtake terms sheet detailing the commercial terms for an offtake arrangement with respect to SOP production from its 100% owned Beyondie SOP Project.

Priyanka Khemka, USA, and Thomas Heinrich, Bahrain, Nexant, provide a detailed look at changes in India's natural gas market and implications for the fertilizer industry.

Gordon Cope, World Fertilizer contributing editor, takes a detailed look at global nitrogen supply and demand.

Based in Durban, home to the busiest port in the country on the East Coast of South Africa, Bagtech International is truly a South African company with a passion for Africa. At the helm of is Fred Coelho who is at the centre of every project undertaken.

According to Reuters, K+S has stated that a stoppage at its new Bethune mine in Canada will affect the company’s earnings for 2Q18.

Martin Engineering has announced that it has expanded its UK and Scandinavian operations.

Verde AgriTech Plc has announced that on site plant assembly has now commenced at its processing plant in Brazil.

Dakota Gasification Co. has signed a definitive agreement with OCI N.V. to sell nitrogen fertilizers and diesel exhaust fluid in North America through a newly formed 50:50 joint venture, N-7 LLC.

According to Reuters, the FNE – the Chilean antitrust regulator – has stated that it will open an investigation into the effects of Tianqi Lithium Corp.’s purchase of a 24% stake in SQM on the market.

Centrex Metals Ltd has completed an update to the mineral resource estimate for its Ardmore Phosphate Rock Project in North West Queensland, Australia.

TFI has commended Chairman Pat Roberts and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow for working in a bi-partisan fashion to move S. 3042 the ‘Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018’ out of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.

KBR Inc. has been awarded a multi-year contract to provide engineering, procurement and construction management services to a Fortune 100 chemicals manufacturer for its facilities in Mexico and the US.

LSB Industries Inc. has announced that the ammonia plant at its El Dorado, Arkansas, US, chemical facility was taken offline on 4 June 2018 due to a power failure at the facility.

Blackline Safety Corp. has released a statement introducing its new G7 Insight, a new offering that equips businesses in the energy, utility and telecom sectors with a new global standard for gas detection.

The Colluli Potash Project in Eritrea is a 50-50 joint venture between Danakali Ltd and the Eritrean National Mining Corp.

Crystal Financial has released a statement announcing the closing of a US$70 million senior credit facility for Southern States Cooperative.

Itafos has announced that it has closed its previously announced US$165 million secured term loan facility.

The President of The Fertilizer Institute, Chris Jahn, has praised the US House of Representatives for voting overwhelmingly in favour of H.R. 8, the Water Resources Development Act of 2018, by a vote of 408-2.

Milestone Potash Corp. has entered into an agreement with SNC-Lavalin Inc. to complete the detailed engineering for the Milestone Phase I Selective Solution Mining Project in southeast Saskatchewan, Canada.

Total external cost of the facility at Deendayal port in Gujarat is estimated at Rs1.38 billion (US$21 million), with the port also expected to invest a further Rs3.4 billion into the project.

Hawk Energy has partnered with Airponix, which will harvest its first large crop of potatoes grown without soil, in a promising sign for a technology that claims it can deliver high vegetable yields with minimal costs and environmental degradation.

Parkway Minerals has announced that it is commencing the initial ‘proof of concept’ drill program on its 100% owned Lake Barlee Salt Lake Project in Australia.