Nitrogen

Production has resumed at Incitec Pivot's Waggaman ammonia plant in Louisiana, US, following an incident in February.

The Commerce Department has said it will begin requiring Russians and Belarusians to get a special licence when seeking to obtain a host of goods from US suppliers, including fertilizer and chemicals, and pledged to deny those licences.

The transaction involves the offering by the Iowa Finance Authority of up to approximately US$854 million Midwestern Disaster Area Revenue Refunding Bonds (Iowa Fertilizer Company Project), Series 2022, the proceeds of which will be loaned to IFCo to refinance, together with OCI's available resources, the Iowa Finance Authority Midwestern Disaster Area Revenue Bonds (Iowa Fertilizer Company Project), Series 2013 and Series 2018A and B.

KBR has won an ammonia technology contract from DL E&C for NeuRizer's (formerly Leigh Creek Energy Ltd) carbon-neutral fertilizer project in Australia.

The agreement with Teal allows Trammo to secure a supply and offtake of 800 000 t of green ammonia from an ammonia production plant to be built on prime industrial land in Sept-Iles, Quebec, Canada.

China Blue Chemicals has received a brand new high-pressure stripper made from Safurex® to replace their equipment.

On completion, the plant – located in the city of Yangiyer, Uzbekistan – will produce up to 495 000 t of ammonia and 594 000 t of granular urea.

The plant, opened by Aliko Dangote and located at the Lekki Free Zone in Lagos State, is designed to produce 3 million tpy of urea and supply all the major markets in sub-Saharan Africa.

Chris Lawson, head of fertilizers at CRU Group, has said that demand destruction is increasingly likely due to high prices and supply shortfalls.

The Beatrice, Enid and Fort Dodge plants have earned 2021 ENERGY STAR certification from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

If a resolution to negotiations between Teamster’s Canada Rail Conference and Canadian Pacific Railways is not reached promptly a strike is set for 16 March at midnight.

The country's agriculture ministry said the ban would help "to maintain balance in the domestic market" and applied to nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and complex fertilizers.

The department will make available US$250 million through a new grant programme this summer to support independent, innovative and sustainable American fertilizer production to supply American farmers.

Brazil's Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina Dias has said that Brazil has secured the support of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay for a proposal excluding fertilizer products that will be submitted to the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization.

Yara has stopped all sourcing from suppliers linked to Russian sanctioned entities and persons, in response to new EU sanctions imposed on 9 March.