Tessenderlo Group agrees to buy Cinis Fertilizer's SOP plant
Tessenderlo Group is set to acquire Cinis Fertilizer's potassium sulphate (SOP) production plant, having signed an asset transfer agreement.
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Metso to supply SX/EW technology to SPCC
Metso has signed a major agreement with Southern Peru Copper Corporation, one of the largest copper producers in the world, for the supply of copper solvent extraction and electrowinning (SX/EW) technology to the company’s Tia Maria project in Cocachacra, Peru. The new plant will produce 120,000 tons of high-purity copper cathodes per year. Metso’s scope […]
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Roeland Baan has informed the Board of Directors of Topsoe A/S of his decision to step down as President and CEO of Topsoe effective 31 May, 2026. The Board has appointed Elena Scaltritti, currently the company’s Chief Commercial Officer, as the new President and CEO, from 1 June, 2026.
Coromandel starts trial operations at new acid plants
Coromandel International says that it has started trial production at its new sulphuric acid and phosphoric acid plants in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh. The company says that this marks a crucial step towards transforming the unit into a fully integrated facility
IFA open letter highlights global fertilizer supply risks from Middle East conflict
The current block to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz places global fertilizer supply chains at risk, warns the International Fertilizer Association (IFA).
Conflict in the Middle East: Impacts on production assets; critical vs. inconvenient
Experts from CRU's Assets team will provide an overview of the most and less impacted value chains across the fertiliser, aluminium, steel raw materials and base metals industries.
Itafos reports higher phosphates, acid production in 2025
US-based phosphate producer Itafos reported higher production in 2025, as well as higher sales prices, in ...
New sulphur fertilizer plant opens at Jebel Ali
Amarak Chemicals FZC says that it has begun operations at an automated sulphur fertilizer facility in ...
Fertilizers and the impact of war in the Middle East
You can listen on demand to this webinar for free which took place on the 4th of March. Just register your details and you will be provided access to the event.
JPMC to build new sulphuric acid plant
The Indo-Jordan Chemicals Company (IJCC), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Jordan Phosphate Mines Company (JPMC), has signed a $193 million strategic agreement with China’s East China Engineering Science and Technology Company to construct a sulphuric acid plant in the Shidiya area. The new facility will have a capacity of 900,000 t/a of concentrated sulphuric […]