Nitrogen

Following MBAC Fertilizer Corp.’s annual general meeting, the company made various appointments, approved its stock option plan and confirmed its name change.

Vale enters into a stock purchase agreement with Mosaic to sell its fertilizer business to Mosaic, excluding its nitrogen and phosphate assets in Cubatão, Brazil. 

K+S has acquired a 30% stake in fertilizer manufacturer Al-Biariq for Fertilizer Plant Co. Ltd in Saudi Arabia.

thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions has supplied and commissioned Egypt’s largest nitrogen fertilizer complex.

The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) has named the 2017 4R Advocate winners.

Platte River Equity acquires Tiger-Sul Products, a global leader in sulfur fertilizers and crop performance products.

Black & Veatch has been designated a licence for Casale’s fertilizers, melamine, methanol and related chemical technologies.

ProSim and Johnson Matthey join together their expertise in separate fields within the nitric acid industry to enable nitric acid manufacturers to further enhance the performance of their plants.

Air Products and Grupa Azoty Zaklady Azotowe Kedzierzyn S.A., part of Grupa Azoty, the second largest producer of mineral fertilizers in the EU, sign a long-term contract for the delivery of oxygen and nitrogen.

Stamicarbon and Schoeller Bleckmann Nitec sign a general cooperation agreement related to the fabrication of high-pressure equipment for urea plants.

Acron Group is upgrading both of its NPK units at Veliky Novgorod, increasing output from 1840 tpd to 2000 tpd.

The Ethiopian Ministry of Public Enterprise is partnering with OCP Group to develop a US$2.4 billion fertilizer plant in Ethiopia.

The Government of Saskatchewan and Fertilizer Canada have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation agreeing to work together.

Grannus selects Haldor Topsoe for technology and services at California environmentally sustainable ammonia plant in the US.

The Fertilizer Institute President, Chris Jahn, has issued a statement on the results of the 2016 elections.