The 34th IFA Annual Conference in Monaco is always a highlight of the fertilizer calendar, and this year feels especially significant. If you are here at the event, please come and say hello at the CRU stand in the expo.
The 34th IFA Annual Conference in Monaco is not just about fertilizers in general – it is also about the sulphur and sulphuric acid value chain that underpins phosphate production.
The 34th IFA Annual Conference in Monaco is a natural place to talk about nitrogen – not just as a commodity, but as a system shaped by technology, policy and geopolitics.
Hy2gen Nordic’s Albatros renewable hydrogen project in Kassø, Denmark, has secured support from the European Hydrogen Bank. The project centres on a 100 MW RFNBO electrolyser aimed at industrial demand in Germany and across Europe.
The European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic), which represents large, medium and small chemical companies across Europe, has urged EU policymakers to slow changes to the Emissions Trading System (ETS).
NEXTCHEM, the sustainable technology arm of MAIRE, has strengthened its circular solutions platform by acquiring a 70% stake in Italian metals recovery specialist ETEK S.r.l.
Russia's EuroChem plans to bring its new ammonia and urea plant in Russia’s Leningrad Region on stream in the third quarter of 2026.
UK and EU policymakers are trying to bring down fertilizer costs without losing control of safety, climate and trade risks.
A coalition of European energy-intensive industries, including Fertilizers Europe, has called for an EU-wide cap on electricity network tariffs, warning that rising grid charges are becoming a “structural burden” on their global competitiveness and threatening investment in decarbonisation.
Russia’s EuroChem has brought online a new sulphuric acid plant in Kazakhstan’s Zhambyl Region, creating one of the country’s largest sulphuric units with a design capacity of 800,000 t/y.