Contributor: Natalie Noor-Drugan

EuroChem has reportedly suspended operations at its Lifosa phosphate fertilizer plant in Kėdainiai, Lithuania, on the back of high raw material sulphur costs, CRU reported on 10 August.

TrueRE Oriana Power has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Government of Maharashtra to invest around INR 45 billion ($510 million) in an integrated green hydrogen, green ammonia and green methanol project in the western Indian state.

Glasson Fertilisers is relocating its Scottish blending operation from Cobden Street to a new plant on Barrack Road in Montrose, on Scotland's north-east coast.

Canada's Capstone Copper has approved a $45 million pyrite recovery project at its Mantoverde copper operation in Chile that will cut the mine's sulphuric acid consumption by around 90,000 t/y, the company said in its second-quarter results on 30 July.

The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has signed a $5.7 million grant agreement with Morocco-based joint venture ORNX Laayoune 1 SASU (ORNX) to fund a pre-front end engineering and design (pre-FEED) study for a large-scale green ammonia plant.

India's GAIL (India) Limited and Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Limited (RCF) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly establish a gas-based urea plant in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, the state-owned gas transporter said in a stock-exchange filing on 29 July.

Trinidad and Tobago's ammonia, urea and urea ammonium nitrate (UAN) exports to the United States will attract 0% duty under a set of product exemptions published alongside the final action in the US Trade Representative's Section 301 forced-labour investigation.

China's Envision Energy has signed a low-carbon ammonia environmental attribute purchase agreement with PepsiCo APAC and delivered the first 1,000 tonnes of environmental attribute certificates (EACs) linked to its Chifeng Net Zero Industrial Park in Inner Mongolia.

Czech-headquartered Agrofert Group has established a new sub-holding company, AGF Nitrogen, a.s., to coordinate the activities of its pan-European chemical division.

India’s government has set out a package of measures to strengthen domestic fertilizer production, diversify raw material and import sources, and ensure uninterrupted availability of fertilizers despite global supply disruptions and price volatility.