Fertilizer news updates

The certificates relate to the Environmental and Social Impact Assessments (ESIA) for the Dougou and Kola mining licences and relax the previous requirement for periodic compliance certificates.

The ReforMax 330 LDP Plus catalyst reduced pressure drop at OCI Nitrogen’s ammonia production plant in Geleen, Netherlands.

BEUMER Group developed the BEUMER Smart Glasses as a pioneering product that supports users quickly and easily.

The Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility has advised that the Lake Wells sulfate of potash project has been approved to proceed to due diligence.

Early process plant construction work has now commenced and the project remains on schedule for December 2020 commissioning.

The company has received the certifications for the Integrated Fertilizer Production Complex in Ras Al Khair Industrial City, Saudi Arabia, as well as the mine and plant in Al Jalamid.

The company recorded a cash position of AUS$33.8 million as at 31 December 2019.

Gensource Potash Corp. is confident that Tugaske will reach a financial close as forecast later this summer, despite the effects of Covid-19 and the associated market upheaval.

In light of the rapid spread of Covid-19 and its significant impact on global financial markets, Tranche 2 of the Africa Finance Corp’s equity funding will be deferred to allow for the stabilisation of market and global conditions.

The two companies signed an offtake agreement for the supply of 20 000 tpy of K-Brite sulfate of potash from the Lake Wells project earlier this month.

The Woodsmith polyhalite project in North Yorkshire, UK, has substantially reduced the number of people on its construction sites.

The company has said the 21-day national lockdown in South Africa does not currently affect the timetable of the Elandsfontein phosphate project.

The company is taking steps, such as ensuring proper stocks of critical raw materials, to ensure they remain open.

At 31 December 2019, the company had cash of CAN$7.5 million, a positive working capital of CAN$7.2 million, and no debt.

The company's net profit increased by 80% to US$383 million, from US$212 million in 2018.

Progress on finalising the project's feasibility study is continuing.

The company is currently in the development phase of the project Lac à Paul phosphate mine, in the Saguenay — Lac-Saint-Jean region, in Quebec, Canada.

The appeal hearing against the Elandsfontein project's valid integrated water use licence, which was due to reconvene on 16 March 2020, has been postponed.

The project is located in the East Pilbara region of Western Australia.

The idling of Itafos' Brazil-based phosphate fertilizer business is in response to the continued downward pressure on global fertilizer prices.

The bucket elevators will be used for handling mono-ammonium phosphate and di-ammonium phosphate.

Anglo American has now completed the acquisition of Sirius Minerals and its Woodsmith polyhalite project in North Yorkshire, UK.

CRU has also announced that its Nitrogen + Syngas USA Conference, which was due to be held in Tulsa, US, from 2 – 4 June, has been postponed to early 2021.

The company will now focus on the San Jose lithium project in Spain.