Fertilizer project news

The Moroccan firm has made plans for chemical, fertilizer and blending plants in Africa as part of its expansion in sub-Saharan Africa.

The company is in discussions with several international and US-based commodity trading and construction groups.

Two local companies have sealed deals to supply steel equipment for Sirius Minerals’ new multi-billion pound polyhalite fertilizer mine in Teesside and North Yorkshire.

The polyhalite mine in East Cleveland, UK, is aiming to achieve production of 1 million tpy by the end of 2020.

Stefan Klebert has become the Chairman of the Executive Board of the GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft, a body that he joined on November 15, 2018.

The study by Filkin and Co. concluded that polyhalite mined at ICL Boulby in the UK has a smaller carbon footprint than other fertilizers.

The first 1800 t tunnel boring machine that will be used to construct Sirius Minerals’ 23 mile mineral transportation tunnel from Teesside to Whitby, has arrived.

Grupa Azoty Police has signed a contract that gives it access to low-cadmium phosphate rock deposits until 2021.

Calcium ammonium nitrate (CAN) is a popular nitrogen fertilizer in agriculture for plant nutrition. Due to the difficult screening characteristics of CAN, Yara has implemented RHEWUM technology to expand its capacity.

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).