Category: Outlook & Reviews

Price trends and market outlook, 21st August 2025

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Dr Karl Wyant, Nutrien’s Director of Agronomy, looks at past innovations and what the future holds for phosphorus in farming.

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New sulphur production from Chinese and Indian refineries and Middle Eastern sour gas and the ramp up of nickel leaching projects in Indonesia continue to change the direction of sulphur trade.

The progressive closure of smelter capacity in Australia poses potential problems for acid consumers across the country.

• Global sulphur prices are expected to experience decreases over the next few weeks. Buyers in Asia report that they are covered for contracted supply throughout July, and domestic prices in China are likely to decrease further, putting downward pressure on sulphur prices.

Phosphate prices have been at high levels for a couple of years now, and talk at the recent International Fertilizer Association (IFA) meeting in Monaco was that it was not only continuing to support higher sulphur prices in spite of oversupply in the sulphur market, but that there seemed to be no prospect of it falling in the short term.

The end of June saw declines in sulphur prices in many regions amid subdued global demand across regions. Most import markets are sufficiently covered through July at least, resulting in limited activity while supply increases. These conditions have exerted downward pressure on prices as bearish sentiment spread across regions.