Phosphates

Ma’aden’s maritime ammonia fleet now consists of seven vessels, which will leverage Ma’aden’s ammonia shipping capacity of 2 million tpy.

Chris Lawson, head of fertilizers at CRU Group, has said that demand destruction is increasingly likely due to high prices and supply shortfalls.

Phosphate rock concentrate samples from the Elandsfontein project in South Africa will now be prepared for shipment to a number of potential buyers to confirm product specifications.

The country's agriculture ministry said the ban would help "to maintain balance in the domestic market" and applied to nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and complex fertilizers.

Brazil's Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina Dias has said that Brazil has secured the support of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay for a proposal excluding fertilizer products that will be submitted to the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization.

The plant has been designed with an initial production capacity of 150 000 tpy, with capability to expand up to 450 000 tpy.

Jorf Fertilizers Co. III owns and operates an integrated phosphate fertilizer production facility in Jorf Lasfar, Morocco, with the capacity to produce up to 1.1 million metric tpy of phosphate-based fertilizers.

Serra do Salitre is an advanced-stage integrated upstream phosphates project in Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil.

Geotechnical drilling is a critical element for the construction of the Cabinda Plant, forming part of EPCM works assisting to determine the integrity of the site and determining the ground conditions for the design of plant foundations and footings.

Minbos Resources has reached an agreement with EPC Engenharia to begin design and scheduling work for the Cabinda Phosphate Fertilizer Project in Angola.

Arianne Phosphate has initiated a research programme aimed at the development of a new breed of fertilizers using organic waste and the company’s high-purity, low-contaminant phosphate concentrate.

The output of the +10 m level is expected to reach 1.6 million tpy of ore in 2022, 2.7 million t in 2023, and by 2028 it will reach 9.4 million tpy.

Ma’aden has renewed an agreement to supply phosphate fertilizers for the year 2022/23.

Fox River Resources Corp. has given an update on a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) study for the company’s 100% owned Martison phosphate project, located near Hearst, Ontario, Canada.

An automated system for seismic monitoring has been installed at the Oleniy Ruchey underground mine in Russia to improve mining safety and efficiency.