Section: CRUSU Industry News

The second-largest of Mosaic’s three US phosphate rock mines is being temporarily shut due to the current sulphur supply and affordability crisis.

PT Vale Indonesia and Huayou Cobalt say that they are considering constructing a rotary kiln smelting blast furnace in order to recover and reuse sulphur from tailings at their Pomalaa HPAL project in southeast Sulawesi. PT Vale president and CEO Bernardus Irmanto said that the proposal forms part of efforts to mitigate high sulphur costs […]

Sojitz Solvadis GmbH, marketer and distributor of basic and specialty chemicals, has acquired 100% of the share capital of France’s Citis SAS and Citis Forming SAS from PLF Ressources. The companies, collectively known as Citis Group, distribute liquid sulphur, provide logistics and storage services, and convert liquid sulphur into solid pastilles and other sulphur products […]

Pakistan’s Attock Refinery Ltd plans to establish a new 50,000 barrels per day (bbl/d) deep-conversion refinery. The company’s recently release annual report says that the refinery addition depends upon “sustainable enhanced supplies of local crude… and necessary support from the government side.” The expansion plan is part of an upgrade to meet Euro-V fuel specifications, […]

The Dâures Green Fertiliser Project in Namibia has secured up to $3.6 million in development funding from SDG Namibia One to advance plans for green ammonia and ammonium sulphate fertilizer production.

Australian phosphate developer Avenira has signed a four-year agreement to supply 500,000 wet metric tonnes per year of phosphate rock from its proposed Wonarah project in the Northern Territory to Hebang Biotechnology (Hong Kong) Investment Limited.

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Average phosphate rock grades globally have been on the slide since the 1970s. CRU’s Maria Gamboa looks at the most recent trends in rock grade and the cost implications for phosphate fertilizer production.

Russia's sulphur supply is under renewed pressure after another Ukrainian strike hit the Astrakhan gas processing plant, a facility vital to the country's fertilizer industry and responsible for over 60% of its sulphur output.