World Fertilizer

05/09/2025

India's DAP stocks have increased further on the back of strong imports, with inventories reaching around 2.2 million t by the start of September, according to provisional figures and data from Argus Media. 🌱

Importers will need to maintain strong imports to keep stocks above 2 million t over the remainder of 2025.

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04/09/2025

The 635 000 tpy Ardmore phosphate mine has resumed operations after Australian phosphate producer PRL Group satisfied all conditions for the takeover of local miner Centrex and its subsidiary Agriflex. 🤝

Operations at the Ardmore mine have restarted and customer shipments of phosphate product will begin before the end of 2025.

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Ardmore phosphate mine has resumed operations after Australian phosphate producer PRL Group satisfied all conditions for the takeover of local miner Centrex.

03/09/2025

Have you read Alleima’s recent white paper?

Titled ‘SAF™ 2906: For improved Corrosion Resistance in Urea Production’, this white paper explores why the urea production industry faces significant challenges due to the highly corrosive nature of the process environment. The piece explains how the latest addition to the Alleima portfolio of tailored material solutions for urea plants enables effective corrosion mitigation, and ensures the longevity and efficiency of urea production plants.

Find out more in this free white paper: https://bit.ly/3UXI5vS

03/09/2025

thyssenkrupp Uhde has delivered and commissioned its proprietary EnviNOx® technology to Covestro’s Baytown, Texas, US facility. ☁️

The emission control system plays a central role in Covestro’s Nitric Acid Unit Climate Initiative (NAUCI), equating to an annual abatement of approximately 154 000 t of CO2e. This underscores the growing demand for effective, turnkey solutions that directly address industrial emissions.

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thyssenkrupp Uhde has delivered its EnviNOx® technology to the Covestro Baytown site in Texas, US.

02/09/2025

The latest World Fertilizer Spotlight Q&A features BAGTECH INTERNATIONAL!

World Fertilizer Deputy Editor, Oliver Kleinschmidt, sat down with Brett Binnekade, a Development Engineer at Bagtech International, to discuss the company’s article featured in the April 2025 issue of World Fertilizer magazine.

Titled ‘Advancing Efficiency with AI’, this article discusses predictive maintenance and how it can be used to identify problems before they become more severe in fertilizer blending and bagging plants, making modern facilities more efficient and reliable.

Watch the full interview here: https://bit.ly/45Zt2qn

Brett Binnekade, Development Engineer at Bagtech International, joins us to discuss how predictive maintenance powered by artificial intelligence is transforming fertilizer blending and bagging plants, making modern facilities more efficient and reliable.

01/09/2025

Nigeria's Dangote Group and the government of Ethiopia have signed an agreement to build a 3 million tpy urea plant in Gode, Ethiopia. 🇪🇹

Dangote will have a 60% share in the factory while the government of Ethiopia will hold the balance through Ethiopian Investment Holdings.

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Dangote Group and the government of Ethiopia have signed an agreement to build a 3 million tpy urea plant in Gode.

29/08/2025

In an article from the July/August issue of World Fertilizer, Tim Armitt, David Miller, and Kane Wingrove, Lavender International NDT, UK, provide a guide to understanding and managing high temperature hydrogen attack (HTHA). 🌡️

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Tim Armitt, David Miller, and Kane Wingrove, Lavender International, UK, provide a guide to understanding and managing high temperature hydrogen attack (HTHA).

28/08/2025

BASF and Yara International ASA have jointly decided to discontinue their project to develop a low-carbon ammonia production facility with carbon capture and storage in the US Gulf Coast region. 🇺🇸

This decision reflects the companies’ commitment to focus on initiatives with the highest potential to achieve their respective value creation goals.

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BASF and Yara International have discontinued development of their low-carbon ammonia production facility on the US Gulf Coast.

27/08/2025

Argus Media has revealed that India's stocks of NP and NPK fertilizers fell by nearly 681 000 t in July, according to the latest Fertilizer Association Of India data. 📊

India produced almost 1.08 million t of NPK and NP complex fertilizers in July, a 9% rise over the same month in 2024. Imports fell by nearly 20% y/y to 315 000 t in July.

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The latest Fertilizer Association of India data has shown that India's stocks of NP and NPK fertilizers fell by nearly 681 000 t in July.

26/08/2025

The Mosaic Company has announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell Mosaic Potassio Mineração Ltda (MPM), the entity that operates the Taquari-Vassouras potash mine located in Rosário do Catete, Sergipe, Brazil, to VL Mineração Ltda. 🤝

Upon the closing of the transaction, VL Mineração will pay Mosaic up to US$27 million in cash including US$12 million upon closing, US$10 million one year after closing and US$5 million over six years, and will assume responsibility for approximately US$22 million in asset retirement obligations (ARO).

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The Mosaic Company has announced an agreement for the sale of potash mining operations in Brazil to VL Mineração.

22/08/2025

Brazil Potash Corp has announced the ex*****on of a definitive commercial offtake agreement between Potássio do Brasil Ltda., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company, and Keytrade Fertilizantes Brasil Ltda., the Brazilian subsidiary of KEYTRADE AG, one of the world's leading fertilizer trading companies. 🇧🇷

The binding agreement established a 10-year take-or-pay commitment for Keytrade to purchase up to ~900 000 tpy of potash annually from the Autazes Potash Project. This finalised the memorandum of understanding (MoU) announced on 16 January, 2025.

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Brazil Potash Corp. has announced a commercial offtake agreement with Keytrade Fertilizantes Brasil for the purchase of ~900 000 tpy of potash.

21/08/2025

According to Argus Media findings, Malaysian importers could turn to procuring more ammonium chloride (AC) for the rest of 2025 as a cheaper alternative to standard caprolactam-grade ammonium sulfate (amsul) fertilizers, as suggested by market participants. 🇲🇾

Ammonium chloride is a by-product of the Solvay process where ammonia, CO2, and sodium chloride are combined to produce soda ash. Since AC has a relatively high nitrogen content of around 25%, it is often used as a substitute for other nitrogen fertilizers such as amsul, which has a lower nitrogen content of 21%.

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Malaysian importers could turn to procuring more ammonium chloride over standard caprolactam-grade amsul fertilizers.