The dry bulk market is forecast to cool, after a year of high freight rates driven by demand shocks. Should ships return to the Red Sea during 2025, then the market will weaken even more. This development, explains BIMCO shipping analyst Filipe Gouveia, would particularly affect the supramax and handysize vessels typically used in fertilizer shipping.
Fertilizer International presents a global round-up of current potash projects.
The prospect of a drastic expansion in potassium sulphate production has been linked to a plethora of projects in Australia, Ethiopia, and Eritrea. These have sought to take advantage of market tightness and high price premiums. Yet investor interest in supposedly promising projects has waned over the last few years. In this insight article, CRU’s Alexander Chreky explains the reasons behind the high project failure rate, as well as highlighting some limited successes.
In a major milestone, Yara officially opened its renewable hydrogen plant at Herøya Industrial Park, Porsgrunn, Norway, in June.
We profile Ulexandes, a fast-expanding supplier of agricultural boron products with production plants in both Bolivia and Peru.
We highlight recent production advances and innovations in nitrogen fertilizer production from Casale and Stamicarbon, two global leaders in process technology.
Sophisticated control of phosphates production is now possible thanks to the availability of real-time process analysers. The emergence of laboratory robots is also improving process efficiency and delivering cost savings.
Tessenderlo Kerley International (TKInt) is a major global supplier of water-soluble sulphate of potash plant nutrition and the leading producer of thiosulphate-based fertilizers. In an exclusive interview, we speak to Nicolas White the company’s Portfolio & Knowledge Director, about recent strategic developments. These include major investments in new production, transshipment and storage capacity, production offtake agreements, and product sales and marketing rights.
The International Fertilizer Association (IFA) recently published its annual medium-term outlook for the fertilizer market. This followed presentations by Laura Cross and Armelle Gruère of IFA’s Market Intelligence Service at the Association’s Annual Conference in Singapore in late May.
Ronald Clemens , ICL’s Marketing & Portfolio Manager CRF, talks to Fertilizer International about the role of controlled-release fertilizers in sustainable agriculture.