Fertilizer International
The magazine for the global fertilizer industry

Latest issue:
July/August 2019

• Turkish market report
  Turkey's thriving agricultural sector has created a large and dynamic fertilizer market at the crossroads of Europe and Asia. We report on Turkey's fertilizer market, and how the 2016 nitrates ban has affected production and imports.

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• Trace the product, not the packaging
  A number of fertilizer manufacturers have received an innovative DNA tagging system developed by Californian technology company SafeTraces. This ground-breaking system rapidly produces a unique DNA barcode that is sprayed onto fertilizer as each bag is filled. DNA tagging, when paired with blockchain technology, provides an unmatched level of traceability, as Anthony Zografos, the company's CEO and founder, explains.

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• Plant revamp experts
  We profile some of the leading players in the global ammonia and urea plant revamp business, including Casale, Johnson Matthey, KBR and Stamicarbon.

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

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• Middle East and North Africa phosphate rock to feed the future
  CRU are forecasting increases to both phosphate rock supply and demand over the medium-term. Rock superpowers the United States and China will decline in relative importance, while the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region will continue to rise. Although some regulatory challenges lie ahead, MENA's advantageous cost position will see the region become increasingly important in feeding a growing population in the future. CRU's Alexander Derricott and Glen Kurokawa summarise the latest trends and developments in the phosphate rock market.

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• Phosphate pipe dreams become a reality
  Long-distance slurry pipelines installed by OCP and JR Simplot have delivered significant economic, environmental and security benefits.

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• Weir Minerals: slurry transport experts
  The efficient and reliable operation of long-distance slurry pipelines depends on high performance pumps, explains Weir Minerals. The company is renowned for its robust Warman® range of centrifugal slurry pumps and advanced GEHO® positive displacement pumps.

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• Going underground with Sirius Minerals
  Sirius Minerals has started constructing its long-distance, large-scale mineral transport system (MTS). This 37 kilometre underground tunnel will invisibly convey millions of tonnes of polyhalite from the company's Woodsmith Mine in the North York Moors National Park all the way to its Teesside processing plant on the UK's North Sea coast. The MTS avoids the noise, light and emissions impacts of other transportation options such as a rail or road transport, as Maurice Rankin from Sirius Minerals explains.

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• 43rd Annual Clearwater Convention
  The AIChE's 43nd International Phosphate Fertilizer & Sulfuric Acid Technology Conference was held at its usual venue, the Sheraton Sand Key Resort, on Florida's Gulf coast on 7-8 June.

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• The unique benefits of potassium nitrate
  Potassium nitrate is a highly soluble source of two major essential plant nutrients. It has become the fertilizer of choice for high-value crops that prefer nitrate nutrition and a chloride-free source of potassium. Market demand for these fertilization properties is being met by a growing range of fertigation and foliar products.

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