Fertilizer news updates

Crystal Peak Minerals Inc. has recently provided an update regarding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the company’s plans.

Kalium Lakes Ltd has announced that the Beyondie Sulphate of Potash Project, Western Australia, is now 52% complete and tracking ahead of its updated schedule.

PJSC Dorogobuzh (part of Acron Group) has finalised technical upgrades to its unit producing ammonia, a basic component for nitrogen and complex mineral fertilizers.

Trigg Mining Ltd has announced that it has completed the helicopter-supported shallow rotary drilling programme across its 100%-owned Lake Throssell Sulphate of Potash project in Western Australia ahead of schedule.

CleanBay Renewables announces partnership with Kiewit to engineer and construct an anaerobic digestion plant to produce renewable energy.

Fertiberia has begun a partnership with DuPont Sustainable Solutions to further improve health, safety and environment performance across the company.

Salt Lake Potash has announced construction of the process plant at its Lake Way Sulfate of Potash project in Western Australia has continued to progress.

Ammonium nitrate and complex fertilizers (NPK) were most popular with Russian growers over the period.

Anglo American expects to invest approximately US$300 million (£235 million) in each of 2020 and 2021 on the ongoing development of the project.

Production was suspended earlier in July due to the calcium chloride content rising abruptly in the Kama river, from which the plant takes water for production.

The results of Andrey Guryev's seven-year tenure as PhosAgro's CEO, as well as the company's development outlook, will be reported at a meeting of the Board of Directors in the second half of August 2020.

The Russian Fertilizers Producers Association has welcomed the decision of a World Trade Organisation panel to rule against EU anti-dumping duties being applied to Russian ammonium nitrate, and said it expects the EU to abolish unlawful import duties.

Gensource has engaged a consortium of companies that will work together to provide a design-supply-commission package for the entire process plant at the Tugaske project.

The in-fill gravity survey, comprising 14 lines for 107 km, together with a survey conducted earlier in the year, will provide the first comprehensive and accurate picture of the entire tenement.

The new test stand conducts PTC 10 Type 2 performance testing and mechanical running tests on small to mid-size compressors, for the fertilizer, oil and gas, methanol and other industries.

The Proteos nitrogen project’s implementation is expected to require three years following the preparation of a detailed project report and assuming a positive investment decision and commencement of construction by Karnalyte.

Output is being increased at the Veliky Novgorod facility’s Ammonia-4 unit to 2500 tpd.

Ÿnsect obtains certification and marketing approval for a natural insect-based fertilizer.

The Notice of Commencement of Mine Development which Colluli Mining Share Company lodged with the Eritrean Ministry of Energy & Mines has been accepted.

PhosAgro-Region (PhosAgro Group) increased its total fertilizer sales to Russian farmers by 14.2% to 1.9 million t in 1H20.

Yara is also expecting to complete the sale of its stake in Qatar Fertiliser Company in the next 2-3 weeks.

The US Commerce Department has opened an investigation into whether producers of phosphate fertilizers in Morocco and Russia are receiving unfair subsidies.

The company now has agreements in place for 100 000 tpy of offtake across Australia, New Zealand, China and Asia, out of its total expected production of 150 000 tpy.

The company is shipping Apaliqua NP 11-37, a liquid nitrogen-phosphorus fertilizer, to farmers in Bulgaria and Hungary.