Special reports

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

For the third time, K+S and Handelsblatt are the drivers behind the sustainable and secure food theme on World Food Day. This year, they are bringing this theme to the stage at Berlin’s AXICA Congress and Convention Center.

Nutrien is required by orders of the Chinese and Indian competition authorities to divest its shareholding interest in SQM as a condition of receiving merger approval.

The fertilizer additives market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 2.6%.

Curtiss-Wright Corporation has announced that the Board of Directors declared a dividend of US$0.15/ share on Curtiss-Wright common stock, payable October 18, 2018 to stockholders of record on 4th October, 2018.

A report released by Research and Markets forecast that the global ammonium phosphate market, in terms of volume, will grow close to 78 million t by 2022.

Danakali Limited, the potash company focused on the development of the Colluli potash project in Eritrea, has released its results for the six month period ended 30 June 2018.

Participating in a panel discussion, Niti Aayog member Ramesh Chand, stated that India's public spending on agriculture R&D is starting to rival that of China.

The growth of Indian aggregate revenues in the June quarter was achieved on a low base.

Dorogobuzh, a member of Acron Group, has donated its products to agricultural producers in Smolensk region.

Following successful laboratory tests, commissioning of a new system for the separation of CO2 from exhaust gases has begun on the grounds of the Wien Energie Biomass Power Plant in Simmering.

Ukraine's state-owned energy company, Naftogaz, hiked its natural gas price for industrial consumers by 5% month-on-month in September 2018, to around US$11.61/million Btu.

K+S has reported an increase in revenue of more than 9% to € 812 million in 2Q18.

GrowMax Resources Corp. filed its management information circular in preparation for its annual and special meeting of Shareholders.

Acron Group has released 1H18 results showing an increase of Net profit by 76% yr/yr to RUB3.425 million (USD$34 million).