
25-year planning approval given for production at East Cleveland mine
Mining will continue at ICL Boulby’s Cleveland potash mine in the UK for a further 25 years from 2023.
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Mining will continue at ICL Boulby’s Cleveland potash mine in the UK for a further 25 years from 2023.

The equity raising ensures the company is well-funded to complete the two-hole drilling programme, targeted Mineral Resource estimate upgrade and Scoping Study finalisation at its Ohmgebirge development in Germany.

A technical review has confirmed the findings of Anglo American’s due diligence that a number of elements of the project’s design would benefit from modification to bring it up to the company’s safety and operating integrity standards.

Azomures is one of the largest consumers of natural gas in Romania, with approximately 10% of national consumption, and provides 50% of fertilizers used on Romanian farms.

The project schedule remains on track for commissioning in December 2021, with first phosphate rock ore exports expected in 1Q22.

The ClearView digital platform is expected to be operational by early 2022.

BASF selected Clariant's new ammonia synthesis catalyst AmoMax 10 Plus for their ammonia plant in Antwerp, Belgium, after a positive experience with the previous generation at Freeport, Texas, USA.

The kettle-type condenser is manufactured from Safurex with more than 2000 U-tubes.

The electrolyser will produce green hydrogen as feedstock for up to 90 000 t of green ammonia production at EBIC in Ain Sokhna, Egypt.

Canadian company FuelPositive is targeting farming for its first demonstration pilot project.

The updated ore reserve estimate (which has an effective date 31 October 2021) is 104.3 Mt at a mean grade of 10.2% K2O.

The company has developed the EnviCat N2O-S catalyst, which is proven to remove up to 95% of N2O generated as a by-product of nitric acid production.