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Brazil's fertilizer market

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Fertilizer deliveries in Brazil reached record levels in 2019. Débora Simoes of Agroconsult examines what's driving the market currently, and looks at prospects for the coming year.

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An unexpectedly excellent outcome Fertilizer deliveries in Brazil should reach 36.63 million tonnes this year, Agroconsult estimates, setting a new record high. This annual volume represents a 1.13 million tonne increase (3.2%) on 2018 – making 2019 one of the best years so far for Brazil’s fertilizer market. Keywords: Brazil, Report, Fertilizer, Market, Agriculture, Corn, Soybean, Supply, Demand, Deliveries, Shipments, Consumption, Barter ratio, Crops, Distribution, Freight, Imports, Tax

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Biostimulants blossom

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Biostimulants can enhance nutrient uptake and efficiency, improve crop quality and boost tolerance to abiotic stress. The sector's future prospects depend on tighter regulation and more definitive evidence on their beneficial effects, argues Sajjad Awan of the UK's Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB).

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As growers strive for ever greater yields and crop quality improvements, the promised benefits of biostimulant products look increasingly tempting. These include helping plants to tolerate stress and take up more nutrients to deliver better crop yields. Keywords: Biostimulants, Market, Production, Producers, Regulation, EU, Legislation, Fertilizers, Pesticides, nutrients, Crops, Wheat, Oilseed rape, OSR, Quality, Yield, Plant, Stress, Tolerance, Abiotic, Biotic, Seaweed, Humic, Extracts, Substances, Compounds, Agents, Phosphites, Chitin, Chitosan, Anti-transpirants, Protein, Hydrolysates, Amino acids

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Greener urea granulation

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We look at recent 'green' innovations in urea finishing that reduce or eliminate biuret and formaldehyde content, and/or dust and ammonia emissions.

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Incremental change? Urea granulation is generally regarded as a well-understood, mature technology. Because of this, there is a view that only incremental enhancements and marginal improvements to conventional urea finishing are possible (Nitrogen+Syngas 348, p40). For example: Keywords: Granulation, Technology, Formaldehyde, Biuret, Emissions, Dust, Ammonia, Diesel exhaust fluid, DEF, Urea, Finishing, Dry flash, Cold recycle granulation, CRG, Stamicarbon, Thyssenkrupp, Green Granulation Technology, GGT

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Agra Group, Czech innovator

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Agra Group manufactures speciality fertilizers for the European and wider global market. The company, as one of the leading suppliers in the Czech Republic, offers a novel and innovative urease inhibitor, StabilureN®, as part of its product portfolio.

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Agra Group a.s. was established in 1992 and is headquartered in Strˇelské Hoštice in the Czech Republic. The company manufactures and markets speciality fertilizers and is one of the leading suppliers to the Czech market. In recent years, it has diversified and expanded into international markets. Keywords: Company, Profile, Czech, Republic, Producer, Supplier, Manufacturer, Europe, Africa, Ethiopia, Winter, Wheat, Crop, Trials, Speciality, Specialty, Fertilizers, Enhanced Efficiency, Urea, Ammonium nitrate, UAN, Urea, Urease Inhibitor, NBPT, StabilureN, UREAstabil

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Phosphoric acid purification

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Phosphoric acid can be purified by chemical methods, by solvent extraction or through ion exchange. Selecting the right purification technique depends on the end application and the level of acid purity required, as Prayon process engineer, Sébastien Havelange, explains.

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Phosphoric acid is typically produced commercially by the wet process route. This involves reacting phosphate rock with concentrated sulphuric acid and water. The ‘green’ phosphoric acid (ex-filter) initially obtained has a P2O5 concentration between 25-42 percent, depending on the exact process route (dihydrate, hemihydrate, double crystallization etc.), and an SO3 content of around 1-2 percent. Keywords: Process, Technology, production, Purification, Chemical, Solvent extraction, Batch, Ion exchange, IX, Continuous, CIX, Pre-treatment, Impurities, Sulphate, Arsenic, Magnesium, Fluorine, Organic, Compounds, Matter, Phosphoric, Acid, Green, Merchant grade, Phosphates, Phosphate, Polyphosphates, sodium tripolyphosphate, STPP, Diammonium, DAP, Monoammonium, MAP, Technical, Food Grade, Prayon, K-Technologies, El Wady, Project, Egypt

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Great granulation

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Quality equipment holds the key when it comes to fertilizer granulation, says Shane Le Capitaine, FEECO International process sales engineer. He explains the importance of granulation drums, pipe reactors, pug mills, rotary dryers/coolers, hammer mills and coating drums in the granulation process.

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Equipment quality: the key factor Phosphorus is an essential and irreplaceable nutrient in crop production. The combination of dwindling finite resources and growing demand for higher-quality products makes the production of granular fertilizers from phosphates a critical endeavour. Keywords: Granulation, Equipment, Feeco, Drums, Pipe reactors, Pug mills, Blungers, Rotary, Dryers, Coolers, Hammer mills

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Potash project listing

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Fertilizer International presents a global round-up of current potash projects.

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Keywords: Project, Listing, Potash, Projects, Greenfield, Brownfield, Expansions, Muriate of potash, MOP, Sulphate of potash, SOP, Polyhalite, Colluli, Lake Way, Muga, Eritrea, Western, Australia, Spain

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Who's who in pumps and piping

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We profile specialist suppliers of tailor-made pumps and piping systems to the phosphates and sulphur industries.

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Whatever the process, fertilizer manufacturing generally involves the handling of highly abrasive and/or corrosive liquids and slurries. Industrial pumps, as vital components of any fertilizer production system, need to be robust and reliable enough to handle these. Keywords: Process, Technology, Pumps, Pump, Piping, Manufacturers, Manufacturing, Sulphur, Phosphates, Industry, Industries, Sulphuric, Phosphoric, Acid, Production, Process, Fluids, Slurry, Suspensions, Liquids, Abrasion, Wear, Resistant, Resistance, Maintenance, Reliability, Horizontal, Vertical, Axial flow, Self priming, Cantilever, Plunger, Centrifugal, Dynamic seals, Sulzer, Weir Minerals, Lewis, Mouvex, Rheinhütte Pumpen, Butting Group, Acid Pipe Technology, United States, US, France, Switzerland, Germany

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