Special reports

The organisation held its annual meeting last week in Berlin, Germany, and announced the outcomes of its ‘IFA2030’ scenarios of plausible futures for the fertilizer industry.

The company's annual meeting of shareholders will take place on 19 July.

Priyanka Khemka, USA, and Thomas Heinrich, Bahrain, Nexant, provide a detailed look at changes in India's natural gas market and implications for the fertilizer industry.

Gordon Cope, World Fertilizer contributing editor, takes a detailed look at global nitrogen supply and demand.

Ibi Idoniboye, Integer, UK, discusses North American and Chinese phosphate market dynamics in a climate of supply outweighing demand.

Todd Parker and Guoxin Wang, ArrMaz, USA, present case studies on how global phosphate processing challenges are being solved today.

The Fertilizer Institute has released its 2017 State of the Fertilizer Industry report.

Don Griep, Ludman Industries, USA, looks at the importance of finding a roll crusher that delivers consistent on-size product.

Cole Martin, BMI Research, UK, presents an overview of the European fertilizer landscape in the coming years.

Miles Buckhurst, Jotun, Norway, looks at the issue of corrosion under insulation in the fertilizer industry.

Gordon Cope, World Fertilizer contributing editor, asks if relief is finally on the way for a stagnating fertilizer industry.

Lynn Wang, Integer, China, explains how supply-side structural reform will promote capacity upgrades in the Chinese fertilizer industry.

The concept called NAMAX comes along with substantial improvements in terms of efficiency and flexibility, being valid for both new plants and revamps of existing ones.

BEUMER Group looks at the importance of optimising packaging lines in the fertilizer industry.

Turbomachinery & Pump Symposia, TPS, has been rescheduled to 12 – 14 December 2017.