Fertilizer news updates

Oliver Lempert takes over the sales management activities at Bungartz.

The drainable mineral resource at the Mackay potash project in Western Australia has been upgraded to 123 million t of sulfate of potash, making it Australia's largest deposit of sulfate of potash.

The liquid fertilizers supplied to Argentina were predominantly urea-ammonium nitrate.

Itafos's Board of Directors has appointed Dr. Mhamed Ibnabdeljalil as CEO, effective immediately.

The board of Sirius Minerals has urged its shareholders to approve the acquisition of the company by Anglo American.

The company priced the issue on 15 January and settlement is expected to take place on 23 January.

The total budgeted cost for construction of access roads via the A2 toll road for the Khemisset potash project is approximately US$2 million.

The nitrogen fertilizer unit has been consistently losing Petrobras money since its acquisition in 2013.

Belarusian state-owned potash producer Belaruskali plans to sign a new potash supply contract with China this year, according to the company's chief executive Ivan Golovaty.

Titan Chemicals Holding has become the majority shareholder for Cronus Fertilizers' ammonia project in Tuscola, Illinois, US.

Qinghai Salt Lake said it expects to post a net loss of between 43.2 billion yuan and 47.2 billion yuan (US$6.26-US6.84 billion) in 2019, compared with 3.45 billion yuan in the prior year.

The facility will have a production capacity of approximately 1.3 million tpy of ammonia and produce nitrogen-based fertilizers.

Veolia Water Technologies will provide key processing technologies integrating HPD crystallisation systems designed to produce high-quality sulfate of potash.

The technical report summarises information obtained from exploration drilling conducted between January 2009 and March 2011, and details the results from the latest production drilling in July 2019.

The announcement by Sirius Minerals was made with the consent of Anglo American, which said that the proposal would value the entire issued share capital of Sirius at approximately £386 million.

The company filed for bankruptcy with the Qinghai province court in September 2019 and halted trading in its shares in November.

The report is still in a draft stage and the company plans to finalise the report before the end for 1Q20.

Samir Brikho has been appointed as Chairman of the Board of Directors.

The Ammonia-4 unit will consume most of energy resources from the unit, which will provide up to 60% of its ultrafiltered water. The remainder will be delivered to the facility’s water supply network.

PhosAgro CEO Andrey Guryev said: "The main parameters of the 2020 budget confirm PhosAgro's commitment to maintaining its status as one of the most efficient producers of mineral fertilizers in the global industry."

Corey Rosenbusch, who currently serves as President and CEO of the Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA), will start work at The Fertilizer Institute on 6 February 2020.

The Notice to Proceed is an interim agreement that allows DRA and Colluli Mining Share Company to commence the Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management process.

One of the world’s largest phosphate facilities sets out to achieve significant performance optimisation and reliability improvements.

The anniversary was celebrated on 11 December 2019 with an event at Limbricht Castle in the Netherlands in attendance of Stamicarbon employees, the management of both companies and other senior representatives from Maire Tecnimont.