Special reports

The company has delivered improved returns in a tight market situation, where higher prices more than offset higher feedstock costs and lower deliveries.

India’s heavy reliance on imported liquified natural gas (LNG) as a fertilizer feedstock exposes the nation’s balance sheet to ongoing global gas price hikes, according to a new report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA).

ABP's Port of Ipswich, UK, saw 59 450 t of fertilizer reach its shores in October 2021 alone.

Nitrogen producers will be the most affected in the fertilizer sector by tighter emission regulations, particularly in Europe, and by closer investor focus, according to Fitch Ratings.

According to Vinuthna Bidar, Oil and Gas Analyst at GlobalData, "India will dominate the global urea market, with both the biggest number of new projects and the largest absolute capacity addition driven by its economic growth.”

C.S.K. Mishra, Suryasikha Samal, Pratik Acharya, Stuti Pragyan Pradhan and Tanushree Moharana, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, explain why high antioxidant levels in farm soil could minimise the effects of chemical contamination on the biota.

Kevin Glover, President, SeaGate Terminals, shares some essential principles that everyone in the fertilizer industry, from new hires to experienced veterans, can use to communicate clearly and effectively.

The conference, which will take place under the theme ‘Powering a resilient, responsive and agile supply chain’, will feature leading industry speakers from the region and the world to discuss the challenges facing global and regional supply chains, the role of sustainability and digitalisation in enabling a successful future and the lessons learned from the pandemic.

In the inaugural World Fertilizer Spotlight, Deputy Editor Nicholas Woodroof speaks with Juan A. González-Léon and Lucas Moore from Arkema-ArrMaz to discuss their article on fertilizer substrates and deliquescence, which featured in the November/December 2020 issue of World Fertilizer.

In the second part of a two-part article, Shahram Hashemi, Shiraz Petrochemical Complex, Iran, continues his review of the development of Iran’s petrochemical and fertilizer industry.

In the first part of a two-part article, Shahram Hashemi, Shiraz Petrochemical Complex, Iran, reviews the development of Iran’s petrochemical and fertilizer industry.

In an article from the March 2021 issue of World Fertilizer, Robert Waggeling, Microtrac MRB, Germany, discusses online particle characterisation methods for fertilizer.

In an article from the March 2021 issue of World Fertilizer, Gordon Cope, Contributing Editor, explores the opportunities and challenges faced by the fertilizer industry in Africa.

In an article from the March 2021 issue of World Fertilizer, Dave Allard, Hydro, Inc., USA, discusses the importance of the impeller-to-diffuser relationship for reliable pump operations.

The March issue of World Fertilizer is now available to read online! The issue includes a regional report on Africa’s fertilizer industry, as well as technical articles that cover phosphate processing, wastewater treatment, pumps, digitalisation, particle characterisation, vertical plate technology and corrosion inhibition.