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The future of Europe's fertilizer industry: a year of shocks

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Russia's invasion of Ukraine has hit European fertilizer producers hard. Ammonia plants across the continent have been inactive over the winter due to prohibitively high feedstock costs. The future of nitrogen fertilizer production in the region will depend on access to an affordable, secure and sustainable energy supply and the switchover to low-carbon technologies.

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As CRU summed up recently, 2022 was a turbulent year for the global fertilizer market. Prices rallied to record highs at the end of March last year following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with the market fearful of drastic supply shortfalls. Keywords: Europe; Report; Gas; Feedstocks; Supply; LNG; Ammonia; Nitrogen; Urea; Production; Imports; Policy; Profitability; Costs; Closures; Shutdowns; Curtailments; Russia; Ukraine; War; BASF; CF; Yara; Grupa Azoty; EU; UK; Poland; Germany; Norway; Green ammonia

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Micronutrient market moves

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Micronutrient products are one the fertilizer industry's fastest growing segments. In response, ICL, Koch Agronomic Services, Levity Crop Science, Omex and SQM have all strengthened their micronutrient portfolios.

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ICL The Brazilian launch of Nutriduo – a highly innovative foliar product Guilherme Amarel, technical development manager, Robson Mauri, portfolio & services director, and Ithamar Prada, VP, marketing and innovation Keywords: Micronutrient; Products; Innovation; Agronomy; Crops; Yield; Quality; ICL; Koch Agronomic Services; KAS; Levity Crop Science; Omex; SQM; MDS; Nutriduo; Zeme; Wolf Trax; Protivate; Ultrasol; Iodine; Silicon; Selenium; Zinc

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Delivering sulphur nutrition

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Sulphur is a vital secondary crop nutrient. It can be delivered in sulphate, thiosulphate and elemental form. The range of product and process options are outlined.

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Increasing agricultural value Sulphur is becoming an increasingly important crop nutrient due to three main factors (Fertilizer International 497, p24): Keywords: Products; Processes; Elemental; Sulphur; Micronisation; Granulation; Coating; Sulphates; Thiosulphates; Urea; Sulvaris; Ballestra; Shell; Mosaic; Sulphur Mills; SML; Tessenderlo; MST; Thiogro; Water dispersible granules; WDGs; MicroEssentials; Thi-Sul; KTS; CaTs; MagThio

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New developments in potash mining and processing

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Potash production improvements are being made in areas such as ore extraction, cooling and froth flotation. We review technological developments from Sandvik, Eriez, Nouryon and Solex Thermal Science.

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SANDVIK Sandvik wins major Jansen mine orders Keywords: Potash; Technology; Battery electric vehicles; BEVs; Loaders; Borers; Mining; Machines; Sandvik; Nouryon; Solex Thermal Science; Eriez; Mining; Cooling; Froth; Column; Flotation; Equipment; Particle size; Classification; Separator; Jansen; BHP; Collectors; Depressants; Moving bed heat exchangers; MBHEs; CavTube; CrossFlow; HydroFloat

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Selecting the right NPK production option

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Blended and compound NPK fertilizers are a mainstay of many markets globally. We review the main production technology options.

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JESA TECHNOLOGIES NPK production: the fundamentals Dave Ivell, president, Ivell Fertilizer Consulting, and Chris Dennis, phosphate fertilizer specialist, JESA Technologies Keywords: Production; Technology; Granulation; Chemical; Steam; Batch; Continuous; Bulk blending; JESA Technologies; Casale; Eriez; Lancaster Products; SmartMixer; Mix-granulation; Dual pipe reactor; Granulator pipe reactor; GPR; Dryer pipe reactor; DPR

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