Tag: Mosaic

The sale of Mosaic Potassio Mineração Ltda (MPM) to VL Mineração Ltda was announced on 13th August.

The Mosaic Company opened a new fertilizer distribution plant in Palmeirante, Tocantins, Brazil, in July.

The Mosaic Company has announced the Chinese launch of Neptunion, its latest biostimulant product.

We compare and contrast the 2024 financial performance of selected major fertilizer producers following the publication of fourth quarter results.

A summary of recent company appointments.

We profile North America's phosphate and potash industries – focusing in on Florida and Saskatchewan, those two centres of P&K excellence.

The Mosaic Company has announced the sale of its Patos de Minas phosphate mine to Fosfatados Centro SPE Ltda.

California-based biologicals company BioConsortia is launching the nitrogen-fixing product Always N for 2025 season sales in New Zealand with its partner Mosaic. The product, which is based on robust, spore-forming, gram-positive microbes (Paenibacillus ) fixes atmospheric nitrogen throughout the growing season by colonising the roots of corn, wheat and potatoes, as well as fruits and vegetables. Always N delivers consistent yield gains and is backed by data from more than 300 trials in Brazil, New Zealand, the US and Europe. Fertilizer International spoke with Marcus Meadows-Smith, the company’s CEO, ahead of the Fertilizer Latino Americano 2025 conference.

In October, ammonia benchmarks were more or less stable across the board. West of Suez, supply from Algeria was constrained by an ongoing turnaround at one of domestic player Sorfert’s production units. Still, demand from NW Europe remained quiet, although CF was set to receive a 15,000 tonne spot cargo from Hexagon some time in November, reportedly sourced somewhere in the region of $530/t f.o.b. Turkey. While regional supply appeared tight, steadily improving output from Trinidad and the US Gulf could alleviate recent pressures, with many players of the opinion that Yara and Mosaic could agree a $560/t c.fr rollover for November at Tampa as a result.

OCP Group has launched what it calls the Mzinda-Meskala Strategic Programme, aimed at significantly expanding fertilizer production in the country. Initially announced in December 2022, the program is set to enhance production capacity in two key regions: the Mzinda-Safi Corridor and the Meskala-Essaouira Corridor. This initiative is part of OCP’s broader strategy to meet growing global demand for fertilizers while committing to long-term sustainability goals, including achieving carbon neutrality by 2040.