A cost-effective, cleaner route to potassium sulphate
Ballestra’s Stefano Vignando provides an overview of an innovative, room-temperature, water-based route for potassium sulphate (SOP) production.
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CMD Gears – perfecting thickening and clarification
CMD Gears enjoys an excellent reputation for its drive heads used in phosphate industry thickeners and clarifiers.
Sonatrach hires Saipem and CHEC for Algerian phosphate build
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).
Brazil approves BRL 10 billion Profert programme
Brazil's Federal Senate on 11 August approved the final text of the Profert bill (PL 699/2023), which will release up to BRL 10 billion ($1.85 billion) in tax-credit subsidies over five years to build new fertilizer plants or expand and modernise existing ones.
South Africa green hydrogen fund hits first close
A new South Africa-focused green hydrogen fund has raised its first ZAR 3 billion ($182 million), giving it the firepower to start backing large-scale projects, including green ammonia.
Lifosa reportedly halts as Kazakh sulphur cut off
EuroChem has reportedly suspended operations at its Lifosa phosphate fertilizer plant in Kėdainiai, Lithuania, on the back of high raw material sulphur costs, CRU reported on 10 August.
Oriana Power commits $510m to Maharashtra green hydrogen complex
TrueRE Oriana Power has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Government of Maharashtra to invest around INR 45 billion ($510 million) in an integrated green hydrogen, green ammonia and green methanol project in the western Indian state.
Capstone approves Mantoverde pyrite plant
Canada's Capstone Copper has approved a $45 million pyrite recovery project at its Mantoverde copper operation in Chile that will cut the mine's sulphuric acid consumption by around 90,000 t/y, the company said in its second-quarter results on 30 July.
US backs $4.5bn Morocco ammonia plant
The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has signed a $5.7 million grant agreement with Morocco-based joint venture ORNX Laayoune 1 SASU (ORNX) to fund a pre-front end engineering and design (pre-FEED) study for a large-scale green ammonia plant.
PepsiCo adds fourth low-carbon route
China's Envision Energy has signed a low-carbon ammonia environmental attribute purchase agreement with PepsiCo APAC and delivered the first 1,000 tonnes of environmental attribute certificates (EACs) linked to its Chifeng Net Zero Industrial Park in Inner Mongolia.