Special reports

Mr. Carsten Birk and Mr. Jürgen Stegger took over the management of BORSIG GmbH, the leading company of the BORSIG Group. They follow Mr. Alexander Neubauer and Mr. Felix Wong, who have both left the company.

The Chinese antitrust authority, the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR), has provided clearance of the proposed business combination between Linde Aktiengesellschaft and Praxair, Inc.

Nexant welcomes Charles (Charlie) Bicknell as Senior Vice President of Strategy & Planning in Nexant’s Utility Services business unit.

Kelvion, a globally active manufacturer of industrial heat exchangers, has announced that it has successfully completed the acquisition of all shares in Rocore Holding GmbH and its direct and indirect subsidiaries.

Sirius Minerals Plc has announced the unaudited half year results for Sirius and its subsidiaries (the "Group") for the six-month period ended 30 June 2018.

With fertilizer consumption expected to increase three to four-fold by 2030, companies such as Dangote and Indorama Eleme Petrochemicals Ltd are investing in Africa's fertilizer production growth.

The report on global sulfur fertilizer provides qualitative and quantitative analysis and covers the analysis of the leading geographies such as North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and RoW for the period of 2016 to 2024.

Nutrien Ltd. has announced that Jochen Tilk will be stepping down as Executive Chair and as a Director of the Company, effective September 30, 2018, to pursue other opportunities.

The fertilizer industry has a crucial role to play in addressing global food security challenges, as the world’s population continues to expand rapidly, driving demand for nutrition and resource availability, said speakers during the 9th GPCA Fertilizer Convention held on 18-20 September at Kempinski Hotel, Muscat, Oman.

EuroChem Group AG announces that Chief Executive Officer Dmitry Strashnov has resigned from the Group for personal reasons with immediate effect. Kuzma Marchuk, CFO of the Group, has been named Acting CEO. The Board has begun a search for Mr Strashnov’s successor.

The Supervisory Board of GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft has appointed Stefan Klebert to the company’s Executive Board with effect from November 15, 2018.

Following the success of its 2017 campaign, the global leader in bulk material handling technologies is repeating its Cougar Cares fundraising programme for National Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October.

Due to the continued increase in raw material prices, especially for vanadium, Haldor Topsoe announces an increase in the price of the company’s sulfuric acid catalysts of €0.3/litre with immediate effect.

Josie Armstrong has joined CRU’s Fertilizer and Chemicals Consulting team as a Principal Consultant with responsibility for marketing and business development to support Peter Heffernan as he further develops this market-leading business.

Indian fertilizer importers Zuari and MCFL have both raised the maximum retail price of MOP fertilizers to Rs18 980/t (US$262/t).