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Chambal Fertilisers and Chemicals has entered into a 9-year contract with GAIL (India).

Clariant has announced the retirement of Ken Golder, who serves as North America Region Head as well as President and CEO of both Clariant Corp. and Clariant Canada Inc.

The fertilizer industry’s contribution to a healthy economy was recognised by President Donald Trump at a recent event in Cincinnati, Ohio.

As reported by Reuters, fertilizer exports from Qatari producer Qafco remain unaffected by the regional diplomatic row.

AMECO has completed the commissioning of a custom Portal Reclaimer handling 480 tph of urea with a rail span of 54 m for Agrium.

The signatories will explore the possible construction of a second potassium nitrate (NK) production line at the EuroChem Migao joint-venture facility.

The Canadian Commercial Corp. has announced it has signed over US$1 billion in contracts in support of Canadian companies selling to Cuban government buyers since 1991.

The Supreme Court has ruled that Haifa Chemicals must close the ammonia tank located in the Haifa bay industrial zone.

Zuari Agro Chemicals Ltd will invest Rs 1300 crore to modernise the ammonia-urea plant in Goa.

OCI has released its 1Q17 trading update.

Governor Doug Burgum has issued an emergency executive order allowing a waiver of hours of service for drivers of commercial vehicles transporting anhydrous ammonia fertilizer.

The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) has praised the Soil Health Institute for developing a comprehensive plan to protect and enhance the nation’s soil resources.

KBR wins OTS and RBM services contracts from JSC EuroChem Northwest for their ammonia plant under construction in Kingisepp, Russia.

Longview’s Mint Farm Industrial Park is set to become a US$1 billion fertilizer plant.

Yidu Xingfa Chemical is expanding its existing site in the Hubei province, China, and awarded DuPont contracts for the engineering and technology license for a 3600 tpd sulfuric acid plant.