Grade deflation
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.
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.
Algeria's Sonatrach and the Algerian Fertilizers Company (AFC) on 12 August signed engineering, procurement and construction contracts with Italy's Saipem and China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) for the first phase of the country's Integrated Phosphate Project (PPI).
Australian listed Minbos Resources has moved its Cabinda Phosphate Fertilizer Plant into the final build phase, signing a $13.8 million Phase 2 construction contract with Portuguese–Angolan construction group Grupo Arliz covering all works through to dry commissioning.
Bifox Ltd has acquired an initial 16.667% stake in Fosfatos del Pacífico S.A. (Fospac) from Fossal S.A.A. for $10 million, with a call option to purchase the remaining 83.333% for $50 million.
Australian-listed Minbos Resources has received a debt terms sheet for an AOA 5 billion ($5.48 million) facility from...
After a first day focused on the exhibition and technical showcases, the main conference programme at the CRU Phosphates+Potash Expoconference ...
We talk to Curt Snyder of Lancaster Products and Ian Hancock of Bradley Pulverizer ahead of CRU's Phosphates+Potash Expoconference in Paris in April.
Tibaut Theys explains how circular solutions from Prayon Technologies are allowing widespread phosphogypsum reuse.
Benoit Grymonprez and Guoxin Wang show how Arkema is developing long-lasting solutions to the new challenges faced by phosphate operations globally.
Transformational beneficiation improvements are presented in this case study by Keenan Collins, Jayden Ladebruk and Edward DeRose of Hatch.