Market Insight
Price trends and market outlook, 7th May 2026.
Category: Products
A year of positives for Anglo American
Fertilizer International interviews Mike Garnett, the Chief Commercial Officer of Anglo American Crop Nutrients, ahead of IFA's Annual Conference in June.
Innovar Ag – perfecting the agronomic, economic and environmental trifecta
We interview Andrew Semple, the CEO of Innovar Ag, about his career contribution in developing the market for enhanced efficiency fertilizers.
Water-soluble fertilizer growth dash
Water-soluble fertilizers are the standout performer in a new assessment of global specialty fertilizer demand by the International Fertilizer Association (IFA).
Controlled-release fertilizers – delivering verifiable carbon cuts
Controlled-release fertilizers (CRFs) can help food processors and consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies cut their Scope 3 emissions.
Practical methods for improving potassium use efficiency (KUE)
Karl Wyant, Nutrien's Director of Agronomy, discusses practical ways for improving potassium uptake by crops.
Trading in a time of seismic supply shocks
Ilya Motorygin of GG Trading says fertilizer trading is performing an essential function currently – in a market disrupted by supply earthquakes.
The impact of fertilizer policies on sulphur markets
Policy decisions and geopolitical shocks are now the dominant drivers of sulphur and phosphate fertilizer markets, overriding more traditional seasonal fundamentals. The conflict in the Middle East, including the escalation around Iran, has tightened sulphur availability and lifted costs sharply, while China’s export restrictions continue to restrict global phosphate supply.
Cherepovets hit by drone strikes; phosphate impact unclear
Multiple drone strikes have hit the industrial city of Cherepovets in Russia's Vologda Oblast region, according to Russian news agency TASS. The area contains PhosAgro's largest phosphate fertilizer production site. Cherepovets has a production capacity of around 700,000 t/a NPK and around 814,000 t/year DAP/MAP, according to CRU data, making it the largest phosphate fertilizer production site across Europe and the CIS. The site also contains several sulphuric acid plants with a combined capacity of 4.5 million t/a, making it Russia's largest production hub for the acid. This entire volume is consumed domestically.
Hormuz closure is business opportunity for Ivanhoe
Canada-based Ivanhoe Mines stands to benefit from any sulphuric acid shortage caused by prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz now that the company is running a copper smelter, according Co-Chairman Robert Friedland. The 500,000 t/a direct-to-blister smelter at company-operated Kamoa-Kakula mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo produced its first anodes at the turn of the year.