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The company is officially opening its renewable hydrogen plant in Herøya, Norway, and has delivered the first tons of fertilizer made from renewable ammonia produced at the plant.

Petrobras has informed that its Executive Board approved the resumption of operating activities of fertilizer plant Araucária Nitrogenados S.A. (ANSA), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company. The plant, located in the state of Paraná, has been mothballed since 2020.

This is a major milestone, providing the foundational engineering for the Villeta Project which keeps it on track to commence construction by the end of 2024.

MAIRE has announced that NEXTCHEM (Sustainable Technology Solutions), through its subsidiary Stamicarbon, nitrogen technology licensor, has been selected by Qinghai Yuntianhua International Fertilizer Co., Ltd. to provide the process design package for the revamping of a dual-line urea plant in Qinghai Province, China, with a capacity of over 1200 MTPD each.

Frontier will have an exclusive distribution agreement across England, Scotland and Wales for all available CCm Growth product.

To support research to increase crop diversity, the Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, announced up to CAN$8 124 319 to Ag-West Bio Inc. through the AgriScience Program – Clusters Component.

The 15-year supply agreement, starting in July 2024, stipulates the supply of up to 0.74 million tpy of urea to Koch Fertilizer.

US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary, Tom Vilsack, has announced that USDA is investing in domestic fertilizer projects to strengthen competition for US farmers, ranchers and agricultural producers.

The companies have announced that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly offer a fully integrated low carbon (blue) ammonia solution, building on a nearly 25-year ammonia relationship between the companies.

In Astana, EuroChem has signed an agreement with China National Chemical Engineering Co. (CNCEC) for the design, construction and commissioning of a chemical complex in Janatas, Jambyl Region, Kazakhstan.

Minbos Resources has provided update on activities from Angola on the Cabinda Phosphate Fertilizer Project.

The €1.3 billion CAPEX investment build is expected to be in operation by 2030. The production process will use renewable and low-carbon electricity to produce hydrogen, a substitute to imported natural gas.

The companies have entered into a two-year agreement under which Kongsberg Digital will develop digital twin technology for Yara's factories in Herøya in Norway and Sluiskil in the Netherlands.

The company is launching its first control valve for urea plants, which is set to be installed at one of the major fertilizer plants in the MEA region for the first time later this year.

Reward Minerals has announced that exploration licence application E09/2763 was granted by the Department of Energy, Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety.