Fertilizer project news

Between October and December 2018, NIIK’s specialists performed repair works for relining of urea synthesis reactor R202 at Nitrogénmuvek Zrt. urea production plant (Pétfürdo, Hungary).

EuroChem Group AG, a leading global fertilizer company, has reported consolidated sales for the 4Q18 of US$1.47 billion, 13% higher than in the same period of 2017.

Casale has announced that Gujarat State Fertilizer & Chemical Ltd, Vadodara (India) has produced its first batch of melamine at their new plant.

Danakali Limited is pleased to provide this quarterly update on the activities and financial position of the Company and its Colluli Potash Project, located in Eritrea, East Africa. The project is 100% owned by the Colluli Mining Share Company, a 50:50 joint venture between Danakali and the Eritrean National Mining Corporation.

Advanced stage sulphate of potash exploration and development company Reward Minerals has received notification from the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation of Western Australia (EPA Services Division) that the company’s Lake Disappointment project environmental review document has been approved for release for public review.

In December, UCC Shchekinoazot (Tula region, Russia) successfully completed a test run of their newly erected methanol and ammonia co-production unit based on Haldor Topsoe’s IMAP Methanol+™ process.

The Lower Saxony State Authority for Mining, Energy, and Geology has issued the permit for a possible resumption of the potash production at the Siegfried-Giesen site (district of Hildesheim).

Kore Potash plc, the potash development company has announced the outcomes of the Kola Potash Project Definitive Feasibility Study, which was undertaken by a consortium of French engineering companies during 2017 and 2018.

OCP S.A, a leading phosphate soil and plant nutrition company, and Fertinagro Biotech S.L., a Spanish company which manufactures and supplies a wide range of specialised plant nutrition solutions, have established a Joint Venture company for the production of granular high analysis NPK as well as fertilizers enhanced with urease inhibitors, bio-stimulants, and trace elements (micronutrients), to address the international market.

Casale and Borsodchem, a subsidiary of Wahua Chemical Group (China), have signed a contract for the supply of a new 660 tpd, nitric acid plant at the Kazincbarcika factory in Hungary.