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Fertilizer financial scorecard

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We compare and contrast the 2020 financial performance of selected major fertilizer producers, following the publication of fourth-quarter results.

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Nutrien – a year like no other Nutrien is the world’s largest crop nutrient company with a market capitalisation of more than $31 billion (Figure 1). From operations and investments in 14 countries, this fertilizer industry giant produces around 27 million tonnes of potash, nitrogen and phosphate products annually, distributing these to agricultural, industrial and feed customers across the globe. Keywords: Fertilizer; Potash; Phosphates; Nitrogen; Producers; Finances; Financial performance; Profitability; Market capitalisation; Company; Results; 2020; Full year; Fourth quarter; Results; Revenues; Earnings; EBITDA; Free cash flow; Net debt; Nutrien; Mosaic; CF; Yara; K+S; EuroChem; PhosAgro; ICL

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Sulphuric acid projects and technology

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Developments in sulphuric acid technology and engineering know-how are highlighted by recent project case studies from DuPont Clean Technologies, Metso Outotec and thyssenkrupp Uhde.

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dupont clean technologies AZFC Unit 6 revamp project By 2015, the Unit 6 sulphur burning plant operated by Abu Zaabal Fertilizer and Chemical Company (AZFC) had been in service for 31 years. Unsurprisingly, three decades of operation at the company’s fertilizer production complex in Egypt’s Qulubia Governorate had taken their toll. Keywords: Sulphuric acid; Production; Small scale; Innovation; Technology; Projects; Revamp; Case studies; DuPont; MECS; Metso; Outotec; Thyssenkrupp; Uhde; AZFC; Mazidagi; Phosphate; Fertilizer; Pyrite; Roasting; Off gas; Cleaning; Design; Process; Egypt; Turkey

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Successful fertilizer plant start up

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What lessons can be learnt from the successful commissioning and start-up of major fertilizer industry construction projects? Recent case studies from the nitrogen, phosphate and potash industries provide some interesting answers.

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NITROGEN: CFCL THIRD AMMONIA/UREA PROJECT, INDIA KBR’s most energy efficient ammonia plant In January 2019, Chambal Fertilisers and Chemical Ltd (CFCL) successfully commissioned its third ammonia-urea unit (G3AU Project). This 2,200 t/d capacity ammonia and 4,000 t/d capacity urea plant is located at Gadepan near the city of Kota in Rajasthan, India1. Keywords: Construction; Commissioning; Engineering; Investment; Capacity; Fertilizers; Projects; Start-up; Plant; Mining; Mine; Expansion; Processing; Beneficiation; Mill; KBR; Yara; Mosaic; Hatch; Ammonia; Urea; Phosphates; Phosphate rock; Diammonium phosphate; DAP; Monoammonium phosphate; MAP; Single; Triple; Superphosphate; TSP; SSP; Potash; Esterhazy; K3; Salitre; Chambal; CFCL; Gadepan; Brazil; India; Canada; Saskatchewan

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Essential magnesium: fertilizer sources

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Magnesium, a key constituent of chlorophyll, plays a vital role in plant photosynthesis and carbohydrate production. Commercial sources of this essential crop nutrient include Epsom salt, kieserite, langbeinite, magnesium chloride and magnesium nitrate.

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Magnesium (Mg) is an essential, if frequently overlooked, plant nutrient. It is instrumental in many plant functions, being present in vegetative dry matter at between 0.2-0.4 percent concentration. Keywords: Crops; Wheat; Pasture; Potato; Quality; Yield; Nutrients; Magnesium; Fertilizers; Products; Epsom salt; Sulphate; Chloride; Nitrate; Kieserite; Langbeinite; SOPM; Magnesite; Mg; Uptake; Deficiency; Chlorosis; Roots; Photosynthesis; Intrepid Potash; Mosaic; ICL; Haifa; K+S; Sinochem; Trio; K-Mag; Magnisal; Magnific; Esta Kieserit; Korn-Kali; Patentkali; Magnesia-Kainit; EPSO; Bortop; Microtop; Combitop; Top; Dashiqiao; Yingkou; Dead Sea Works; Carlsbad; New Mexico; Germany; Israel

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The agronomic advantages of POLY4

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Maya Rehill of Anglo American Crop Nutrients discusses the latest crop trial findings for the polyhalite product POLY4 with the company's regional agronomists. These highly positive trial results add to an already extensive evidence base on POLY4's crop benefits.

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Anglo American Crop Nutrients is continuing to expand its worldwide crop science programme. Agronomic trials of its polyhalite product POLY4 have now grown to encompass North America, South America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, China, India, Southeast Asia and Australasia. Keywords: POLY4; Agronomy; Magnesium; Sulphur; Sulphate; Potassium; Calcium; Nutrient use efficiency; NUE; Crop Trials; Anglo American; Crop nutrients; Agronomy; Quality; Yield; Fertilizer; Application; Recommendations; Potash; Muriate of potash; MOP; Low chloride; Polyhalite; ; United States; India; Colombia; Wheat; Cabbage; Tomato; Coffee; Corn; Maize; Potato

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The latest filtration technology

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Vacuum filtration is a key process step in phosphoric acid production. We highlight the main equipment options and recent project installations.

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Thickening, clarification and filtration are integral to the phosphoric acid production process. In phosphoric acid plants, thickeners are used to concentrate phosphate rock slurry prior to the reactor stage, while vacuum filtration, in combination with clarifiers, removes gypsum from the phosphoric acid product (Figure 1). Keywords: Filtration; Thickening; Clarification; Table; Tilting pan; Horizontal; Belt; Filters; Filtration; Vacuum; Phosphoric acid; Phosphogypsum; Gypsum; Phosphate; Production; Technology; Equipment; Manufacturers; Suppliers; Contracts; Projects; WesTech; Prayon; Profile; Technip; Delkor; Takraf; Andritz; FLSmidth; OCP; Coromandel; CIL; Jorf Lasfar; Morocco; India

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Tailings filtration: Looking upstream to optimise the filter

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Filters can be a common bottleneck in overall plant operations. Jerold Johnson and Brad Bentley of WesTech outline how upstream modernisation or upgrades to the thickener can have significant benefits for the efficiency of filter operations downstream. Results are applicable to the dewatering of phosphate tailings and other fine particle tailings.

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Filters are increasingly being used for the final dewatering of tailings. The dual benefits of water recovery and lower impoundment risks are making filtration equipment a more attractive option. Keywords: Phosphate; Tailings; Thickening; WesTech; Filters; Filtration; Thickeners; High; Density; Rate; HDT; HRT; Optimisation; Efficiency; Upstream; Downstream

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Phosphogypsum in a circular economy

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Philippe Malsan of Technip Energies explains how high recovery Diplo phosphoric acid technology can generate phosphogypsum suitable for industrial reuse. Industrial cases studies for Senegal and Austria show how phosphogypsum from this process has been successfully recycled on a large scale for cement, plaster and other end uses.

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Until recently, phosphogypsum (PG) produced from the wet phosphoric acid process, was mostly managed as a waste, stacked on land or rejected into the environment. Industrial practice is, however, evolving fast. Keywords: Phosphogypsum; PG; Gypsum; Use; Technip; Energies; Phosphoric acid; Process; Technology; Crystallisation; Di-hydrate; Dihydrate; DH; Diplo; Hemi-hydrate; Hemihydrate; HH; DH-HH; HDH; Senegal; Austria; Donau Chemie; ICS; Indorama; Cement; Plaster; Wallboard; Reuse; Recovery; Recycling; Circular economy; Contamination; Impurities; Phosphorus; P2O5; Fluorine; Radionuclides; Phosphate rock; Treatment; Washing; Purification; Filtration; Hydrosizing; Hydrocyclones

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