Boron and its effects on coffee plant nutrition
Boron fertilization can improve coffee crop quality and yield. Fabiano Silvestrin of U.S. Borax reviews the evidence.
Section: Features
Brazil’s UGF project – delivering the energy transition
Brazil is well-positioned to lead the global transition to low-carbon ‘green’ fertilizers, suggests Petter Ostbo, CEO and founder, Atlas Agro.
Bringing balance to blueberries: the power of nitrate and iodine
Supplying nitrate with iodine has been shown to deliver blueberry yield and quality improvements, says Katja Hora, SQM’s Research Manager.
AGI delivers first fertilizer tower system in Brazil
AGI (Ag Growth International) recently installed its first vertical fertilizer blending tower system in Brazil for Mosaic.
Specialty potash briefing
In this CRU Insight, Humphrey Knight assesses the key market factors driving high SOP pricing.
Expanding the melamine horizon with uLEM-N technology
CASALE has expanded its melamine technololgy portfolio with uLEM-N, a market-driven technology development, which retains the industrial proven high-pressure synthesis section and urea-based offgas scrubbing of the LEM® and uLEM® technologies, and uses an innovative purification section which enhances the process reliability while minimising the energy consumption.
Analysing COS and CS2 in a modern SRU
Maximising sulphur recovery in a modified Claus SRU/TGTU requires controlling and monitoring COS and CS2. Leveraging decades of monitoring experience, AMETEK Process Instruments discusses the formation, impact and monitoring of COS and CS2.
The Sulphur Institute at 65
The Sulphur Institute celebrates its 65th anniversary this year. In this article the organisation describes its lasting legacy and global impact.
2025 AIChE Ammonia Safety Symposium
Venkat Pattabathula reports on the American Institute of Chemical Engineers’ (AIChE) Safety in Ammonia Plants and Related Facilities Symposium, held from September 7–11th 2025, in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Neutralisation of heat stable salts – Part 1
Joel Cantrell of Bryan Research & Engineering and Clay Jones of INEOS GAS/SPEC re-evaluate the historical practice of intentionally adding strong base such as caustic (NaOH) to amine with the purpose of improving performance and reducing corrosion by “neutralising” heat stable amine salts (HSAS) which have accumulated in the amine.