Project news

Encanto Potash Corp. will have the capacity to produce and export 3.4 million tpy, according to a recently completed Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) by Amec Foster Wheeler.

Kalium Lakes Ltd (KLL) has released an update on current test pumping and brine analysis results for the Beyondie SOP Project.

K+S has produced the first tonnes of marketable potash in its new Bethune potash mine in Saskatchewan.

AMECO has completed the commissioning of a custom Portal Reclaimer handling 480 tph of urea with a rail span of 54 m for Agrium.

Krishnapatnam Port has installed an automated fertilizer handling system (AFHS), which will be capable of handling end-to-end fertilizer cargo from vessel discharge to road/rail evacuation.

Potash Ridge Corp. has engaged Novopro Projects Inc. to act as its lead Owner's Engineer to advance the potassium sulfate project through final engineering and construction completion.

The Supreme Court has ruled that Haifa Chemicals must close the ammonia tank located in the Haifa bay industrial zone.

Zuari Agro Chemicals Ltd will invest Rs 1300 crore to modernise the ammonia-urea plant in Goa.

OCI has released its 1Q17 trading update.

IC Potash Corp. has retained Resource Development Inc. and Gustavson Associates to finalise the updated feasibility study for the Ochoa Project and generate a NI 43-101 compliant technical report.

KBR wins OTS and RBM services contracts from JSC EuroChem Northwest for their ammonia plant under construction in Kingisepp, Russia.

Longview’s Mint Farm Industrial Park is set to become a US$1 billion fertilizer plant.

According to Reuters, BPH Billiton is expected to begin potash production in Canada by 2023.

Shell and Sandvik successfully granulate urea and elemental sulfur fertilizer produced with Shell Urea-ES technology, using Sandvik’s Rotoform granulation system.

The International Finance Corp. (IFC) is to support Fertiplant East Africa Ltd’s construction of a US$10 million fertilizer plant in Nakuru County, Kenya.