Nitrogen

Finished imported NPK products are said to be affected by The Central Bank of Nigeria's announcement to cut foreign currency access for all fertilizer imports.

Acron Group, one of the leading mineral fertilizer producers in Russia and worldwide, is building two nitric acid units with a total capacity of 270 000 tpy at Veliky Novgorod-based production facility.

Jennifer Willis-Jones, CRU Fertilizer Week, looks at possible consequences of a worsening in relations between Russia and Ukraine and its potential effect on nitrogen fertilizer trade.

9M18 revenue was RUB 77 779 million, up 12% y/y (9M17: RUB 69 289 million). In dollar equivalent, revenue was up 7% to US$1266 million from US$1188 million.

The Garretson facility in South Dakota, US, is Nachurs Alpine Solutions’ seventh plant across North America.

Southern Petrochemical Industries Corp. will be supplied KBR’s proprietary equipment for its plant in Tamil Nadu.

The Fertilizer Producers and Suppliers Association of Nigeria has said it believes the move will go a long way in stemming the importation of poor quality NPK fertilizer blends.

The agency cited EuroChem's expected reduction in CAPEX as a key factor in its decision.

The shiploader will handle fertilizers at Gresik in Indonesia.

The company will host a conference call the following day to discuss and answer investor questions.

The paper, published in Nature Sustainability, states the case for national governments requiring manufacturers to sell nitrogen fertilizer with compounds that increase efficiency and reduce pollution.

Yara has announced that it has ended all discussions with Arab Potash Co. regarding potential cooperation in the field of potassium nitrate through APC’s subsidiary, KEMAPCO.

According to Reuters, Nutrien has reported a better-than-expected profit, caused by higher prices for both potash and nitrogen fertilizers.

Koch Agronomic Services has announced that its new nitrification inhibitor for anhydrous ammonia and UAN has received approval from the EPA under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act.

Brandt has released a statement claiming that it has opened a 42 000 ft2 production facility for specialty formulation products in Visalia, California, US.