Phosphates

The facility will support OCP Group’s expansion plans across Africa.

The duties will be imposed following a decision by the United States International Trade Commission that the US phosphate industry has been materially injured by imports of phosphate fertilizers from Morocco and Russia.

It is expected that project construction of the plant in Akwa Ibom state will commence no later than 3Q21. In the first phase of the project, US$1.4 billion will be invested in building out the plant and its supporting infrastructure with a target operations-commencement date of 2025.

The Goa plant of Zuari Agrochemicals is engaged in the manufacture, distribution, imports and sale of urea, DAP and various grades of NPK fertilizers, with a total installed capacity of 1.2 million tpy.

The European Commission has adopted official guidelines on the use of voluntary green labelling for fertilizers that are free from harmful concentrations of cadmium and other heavy metals that are hazardous to human health and soils.

Casale will study the modifications required to boost the output by 15% to 25%, depending on the fertilizer grade to be produced, as well as furnish one new Pipe Reactor to replace the existing one in the granulator.

Ma’aden expects its Waad al-Shamal fertilizer project to reach 85% of capacity by the end of this year from 70% now and hit full capacity of 3 million t of fertilizer products by 1Q22.

The US Department of Commerce has announced its final determination that phosphate fertilizer imports from Morocco and Russia are unfairly subsidised.

African phosphate explorer and developer Kropz Plc has announced an update for its Elandsfontein phosphate project (Elandsfontein) located in South Africa.

Sound Agriculture’s SOURCE™ has been shown to provide the equivalent of 25 – 50 lbs of nitrogen/acre for corn growers, helping to optimise nitrogen application while improving return on investment (ROI).

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Itafos have published a notice of intent (NOI) to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Husky 1/North Dry Ridge (H1/NDR) mine development project.

The Middle-Eastern multi-commodity mining and metals company Ma’aden has signed an agreement to supply phosphate fertilizer to the Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corp. (BADC) for the year 2021.

Arianne Phosphate has received new test results designed to optimise its metallurgical process and reduce costs operation.

The project will reduce potential risks along the agricultural value chain, and improve access to quality inputs, including fertilizers, in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana.