Fertilizer project news

Site visits with potential small local buyers of phosphate rock concentrate from Kropz's Elandsfontein operation in South Africa are underway.

Significant construction capital cost pressures experienced in Western Australia, but Mardie economics to benefit from strong salt and potash price rises since 2021 estimates.

Arianne Phosphate is collaborating with Canadian based crop nutrition company Northern Nutrients to advance the use of its high-purity phosphate concentrate in alternatively derived fertilizers.

Under the agreement, MPSC and an unnamed US-based agricultural company will provide US farmers with 650 000 tpy of ultra-high grade, white potash fertilizer.

The agreement is for the supply of 50 000 tpy of sulfate of potash produced from the Mackay Potash Project for sale and distribution in the US.

Tanami Road is a key section of Agrimin’s planned trucking route from the Mackay potash project to Wyndham Port.

Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan joined BCI Minerals’ Board, leadership team and stakeholders at the Pilbara project site on Friday 25 March, 100 km southwest of Karratha, to officially launch the construction milestone.

On completion, the plant – located in the city of Yangiyer, Uzbekistan – will produce up to 495 000 t of ammonia and 594 000 t of granular urea.

An agreement has been signed between ASMIDAL, MANAL, WUHUAN and TIAN'AN to produce 5.4 million tpy of fertilizer from a phosphate mine in Algeria.

The plant, opened by Aliko Dangote and located at the Lekki Free Zone in Lagos State, is designed to produce 3 million tpy of urea and supply all the major markets in sub-Saharan Africa.