Phosphates

ICL Iberia and Yara India received the awards for excellence in safety, health and the environment.

Working with Corem, a Quebec-based Company specialising in mineral processing, Arianne produced both a low MER (minor element ratio) and higher MER phosphate concentrate using high intensity magnetic separation.

The US price of ammonia, the primary source of nitrogen fertilizer, has risen by a factor of six in the past two years, and most of these increases have occurred since March 2021.

The company's Diamond Creek organic phosphate mine has received all ongoing approvals following an annual inspection and site visit from the Utah State mining and environmental departments.

Minbos Resources has decided to include new plant configurations to capture current market opportunities in the definitive feasibility study for the Cabinda phosphate project in Angola.

The Diamond Creek organic phosphate mine is located in Utah, US.

Site visits with potential small local buyers of phosphate rock concentrate from Kropz's Elandsfontein operation in South Africa are underway.

Arianne Phosphate is collaborating with Canadian based crop nutrition company Northern Nutrients to advance the use of its high-purity phosphate concentrate in alternatively derived fertilizers.

An agreement has been signed between ASMIDAL, MANAL, WUHUAN and TIAN'AN to produce 5.4 million tpy of fertilizer from a phosphate mine in Algeria.

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.