Phosphates

For several weeks now, fertilizer prices have been on an upward trend in the main global markets. This is the result of several factors – demand, fertilizer availability, and supply logistics. Fertilizers are becoming moderately more expensive both in countries with low and stable production costs and in countries where costs are high and subject to rapid changes.

Cornerstone Chemical Co. (Cornerstone), operator of the Cornerstone Energy Park and provider of melamine, acrylonitrile (AN) and sulfuric acid, announced the decision to mothball it’s AN operations effective June 30 2025.

Phil Brown, president of the Phosphate Solutions Division of ICL, will be presenting.

OCP Group, a leader in phosphate-based plant and animal nutrition solutions, and Fertinagro Biotech S.L, a Spanish fertilizer producer, have announced that OCP Group has acquired an additional 25% of the capital of GlobalFeed S.L, bringing OCP Group’s total stake to 75%.

Metso will support the customer in commissioning, ramping up and optimising the new greenfield site, covering both maintenance and plant operations.

Gordon Cope, Contributing Editor, discusses the future of the fertilizer industry in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), and its challenges in an ever-changing global landscape.

Azoty Group has signed a contract with Ukraine's Agroprosperis Group for the supply of NPK fertilizers.

The PEA provides a potentially viable case for developing the property by open pit mining for the primary production of a phosphate concentrate and secondary recovery of magnetite concentrate.