Category: Outlook & Reviews

Sulphur reports on this year’s Sour Oil and Gas Advanced Technology (SOGAT) conference, which was run as a virtual event at the end of September 2020.

Production cuts globally at refineries have left supply tight heading into the fourth quarter, firming prices. This has been compounded by major exporters in the Middle East prioritising sulphur tonnes to contracts before spot sales.

Matt Langworthy, Analsyt for Argus Media, assesses price trends and the market outlook for sulphur.

Market Insight courtesy of Argus Media

Kyle Lilly, senior product manager at Compass Minerals Plant Nutrition, outlines how a season-long approach to soybean crop nutrition can be created using a variety of tools. When combined together, these can optimise soybean fertilization and deliver impressive yields – as has been shown in both Brazil and the US.

Fertilizer International presents a global round-up of current potash projects.

The late autumn gloom has darkened in recent weeks, as Europe slipped back into a lockdown that seemed as inevitable as the encroaching winter.

With around 90 percent of global trade requiring sea transport, shipping remains the life blood of the world economy. Intercontinental trade, the bulk transport of raw materials, and the import/export of food and manufactured goods all rely on affordable and effective shipping.

As urea plants grow in capacity, so does the need for finishing technologies with higher capacities. Barbara Cucchiella , senior process engineer at Stamicarbon, describes how her team has risen to the challenge of the global trend for larger granulation plants.

More than 330 million tonnes of soybean are grown globally every year and processed to yield oil and meal, a major source of animal protein. Its cultivation in Brazil, the US and other countries requires large applications of potash and phosphate. The nutrient needs of this major oilseed crop are reviewed.