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State of the US fertilizer industry

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We report on the state of US fertilizer production and supply. The US industry – the second-largest finished phosphates producer and third-largest urea producer globally – has grown and developed alongside North America's mature and sophisticated domestic farming sector.

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The US fertilizer industry contributes almost $131 billion to the domestic economy and directly employs more than 100,000 full time staff, according to The Fertilizer Institute (TFI). Keywords: Country; Report; United States; US; Fertilizer; Industry; Production; Producers; Products; Supply; Imports; Exports; Urea; Potash; MOP; Diammonium; Monoammonium; Phosphate; DAP; MAP; The Fertilizer Institute; TFI; CF Industries; Nutrien; Itafos; Koch; Mosaic; JR Simplot; Intrepid Potash

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Low-carbon fertilizer production

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Major fertilizer industry players such as Stamicarbon, Nutrien and CF Industries are ramping up investment in 'green' and 'blue' fertilizer production. Consequently, low-carbon production technologies are being scaled-up and deployed commercially.

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STAMICARBON Stamicarbon’s road to green fertilizers The world is facing a climate challenge, with the global fertilizer industry accounting for 2.5 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. Keywords: Sustainable; Technology; Low; Carbon; Capture; Sequestration; Storage; CCS; Decarbonisation; Decarbonization; Fertilizer; Production; Plant; Investment; Projects; Green; Blue; Grey; Ammonia; Nitrates; NPKs; Stamicarbon; Raybite; Maire Tecnimont; CF Industries; Nutrien; Thyssenkrupp; Water; Electrolysis; Oserian Two lakes; Kenya; Africa; Renewable; Electricity; Energy; Power-to-fertilizer; Geismar; Donaldsonville; Louisiana; United States; US

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The benefits of boron

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Boron is a key micronutrient required by fruit and vegetables and crops such as corn, cotton, rice, soybean and sugar cane. The agricultural importance of boron and the wide range of products on the market are described.

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An attractive and growing market Boron dominates the global agricultural market for micronutrients. The application of boron in agriculture reached 300,000 tonnes (B2O3) in 2018, equivalent to around 15 percent of global consumption. Keywords: Crop; Nutrition; Micronutrients; Boron; Yield; Quality; Deficiency; Soybean; Corn; Cotton; Legumes; Alfalfa; Potato; Canola; Sugar cane; Sugarcane; North America,; United States; US; Borax; Granubor; Fertibor; Solubor; Anhybor; Zincubor; Eti Maden; Ab Etiproducts; Etidot-67; Etifert; Mosaic; Aspire; Koch; KAS; Wolf Trax; Boron DDP; Omex; Agrifluids; MDS; Coatings; Levity Crop Science; Damu

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U.S. Borax expands its agricultural portfolio

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In an exclusive, broad ranging interview, Wendall Boehlje, technical sales agronomist at U.S. Borax (part of Rio Tinto), talks to Fertilizer International about the launch of two new agricultural market products by U.S. Borax earlier this year.

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U.S. Borax launched two new boron products, Anhybor® and Zincubor®, in March this year. These are being offered alongside the company’s three main pre-existing agricultural products, Keywords: Interview; US; Borax; Rio Tinto; Anhybor; Zincubor; Solubor Flow; New products; Innovation; North America; United States; Boron; Liquid; Market; Deficiency; Yield; Corn; Soybean; Fertilizers; Blending; Blends; Granules; Coating; Binding

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Who's who in fertilizer handling, bagging and blending

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An update on the latest in fertilizer ship loading, handling, bagging and blending, including new contracts, company news and advances in technology.

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AMECO has over 80 years of experience in the bulk handling business. Notably, the company designed and manufactured the world’s first portal reclaimer for Morocco’s phosphate mines in 1965. Keywords: Fertilizer; Handling; Bagging; Blending; Loading; Unloading; Reclaiming; Blends; Shiploaders; Portal reclaimers; Conveyors; Systems; Machines; Equipment; Plants; Technology; Contracts; Orders; Projects; Yara; Ameco; Bedeschi; Bruks Siwertell; EMT; Solex Thermal Science; Bagtech International; Virtual commissioning; Keyera; Borealis; NCIC; KIMA; OCP; Martin Operating Partnership; ISAOSA; Canada; France; Egypt; Morocco; United States; Israel; Mexico; Nigeria; South Africa

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Phosphoric acid co-products

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The latest developments in the recovery and commercialisation of fluorosilicic acid, rare earth elements (REEs) and uranium co-products associated with phosphoric acid production.

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Cost and waste reduction have become increasingly important imperatives in phosphate fertilizer production. Greater resource efficiency has also risen up the industry’s agenda Keywords: Sustainable; Sustainability; Production; Phosphate; Technology; Rare earth elements; REEs; Uranium; Fluorosilicic; Fluosilicic; Fluorine; Acid; FSA; Anhydrous hydrogen fluoride; AHF; Fluorspar; Aurora; Plant; Projects; Phosphoric; Production; Waste; Co-products; By-products; Recovery; K-Technologies; Nutrien; Arkema; Buss ChemTech; Rainbow Rare Earths; CaMona; Precision Periodic; Prayon; Praysep; Wengfu; United States; North Carolina; Florida; South Africa; Phalaborwa; Brazil; Catalao; China

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Converting fluorosilicic acid into value-added hydrogen fluoride

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Buss ChemTech AG offers the international phosphate industry a robust solution to create added-value products from fluorosilicic acid (FSA). Thomas Dahlke, the head of the company's process engineering department, and Emre Sen, sales manager for fluorine technologies, explain how this can be done in a sustainable manner.

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Sustainability is becoming ever more important across all industries – with the phosphate industry being no exception. Keywords: Sustainable; Sustainability; Production; Plant; Projects; Phosphate; Technology; Fluorosilicic; Fluosilicic; Acid; FSA; Anhydrous hydrogen fluoride; AHF; Fluorine; Fluorspar; Phosphoric; Production; Waste; Co-products; By-products; Products; Added-value; Recovery; Buss ChemTech; BCT; Wengfu; Nutrien; Arkema; Desmet Ballestra; Switzerland; China; United States; Aurora; North Carolina

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Developing the Woodsmith mine

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Anglo American is developing the Woodsmith project in northeast England. This will access the world's largest known deposit of polyhalite, a natural mineral fertilizer containing potassium, sulphur, magnesium and calcium – four of the six nutrients that every plant needs to grow.

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Woodsmith mine project Anglo American gained control of the UK-based Woodsmith project in March 2020 through the cash purchase of Sirius Minerals for $496 million (£405 million). Keywords: Project; Report; Anglo American; Sirius Minerals; Woodsmith; United Kingdom; UK; England; North Yorkshire; Whitby; Teesside; Port; Investment; Jobs; Mine; Mining; Development; Progress; Engineering; Shafts; Tunnels; Sinking; Boring; Tunnelling; Production; Polyhalite; POLY4; Marketing; Agronomy; Potassium; Sulphur; Calcium; Magnesium; Crop nutrients; Fertilizer

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