Nitrogen

EuroChem Group AG (hereinafter EuroChem or Group) has reported consolidated sales for 1Q17 of US$1.34 billion.

Shell and Sandvik successfully granulate urea and elemental sulfur fertilizer produced with Shell Urea-ES technology, using Sandvik’s Rotoform granulation system.

The International Finance Corp. (IFC) is to support Fertiplant East Africa Ltd’s construction of a US$10 million fertilizer plant in Nakuru County, Kenya.

Ramagundam Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd awards BHEL an order for a steam and power generation package.

China National Chemical Corp. has announced the provisional interim results for ChemChina’s offer to acquire Syngenta.

The CEO of Engro Fertilizers Ltd, Ruhail Mohammed, has asked the Pakistani government for an extension of the urea export deadline.

The Union Cabinet has approved the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the development of a US$2.1 billion ammonia and urea manufacturing plant in Malaysia.

ICL has announced that its Specialty Fertilizers (ICL SF) business line has become a part of the company’s Essential Minerals division.

The University of Sheffield has looked at the environmental impact of a loaf of bread.

PhosAgro has announced its operational results for 1Q17.

Grupa Azoty Pulawy has purchased a nitric acid production technology from thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG.

According to the Business Standard, coal, power and oil PSUs are to invest in four Indian fertilizer plants in order to revive them by 2020-21.

On Friday 21 April, a 4340 gal. tanker spilt ammonium thiosulfate, a liquid fertilizer, in Odebolt, Iowa.

On 24 April 2017, a fire broke out in the ammonia plant at Yara.

Leslie Shen has resigned as Chief Financial Officer of DuSolo Fertilizers Inc.