Dangote Group, a Nigerian multinational industrial conglomerate owned by Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote, announced it was planning to buy phosphate from Morocco to feed
Category: Fertilizers
Orascom Stops Making Payments in Iowa Fertilizer Plant Construction Project
The company that is behind an almost $2-billion fertilizer plant under construction in southeast Iowa ceased making payments. In the lawsuit between Maintenance Enterprises, a
Global Grain Traders Back Away from Fertilizer
A sharp decline in crop prices has created more distance between the world’s biggest grain traders and the global fertilizer industry to eliminate risk. Cargill
Indonesia Faces a Subsidized Fertilizers Corruption Scandal
A yet-to-be-published report of the Indonesian government has recently revealed that almost 30 percent of subsidized fertilizers worth millions of dollars that were originally meant
Pubjab Fertilizer Dealers on Strike due to University Degree Requirement
More than 20,000 fertilizer and pesticides dealers across the Indian state of Punjab closed their shops to observe a daylong strike on Wednesday (10 February)
Changes in US Fertilizer Retail Policy Put on Hold
US Congress’ year-end funding bill did not implement policy changes that would have made retail sellers of anhydrous ammonia to comply with standards historically used for
Bangkalan in Indonesia Increases Fertilizer Quota
The Head of Agribusiness Facility and Infrastructure, Sector Supriadi, at the Agriculture and Farming Department of Bangkalan in East Java announced earlier this week that
Ghana’s Fertilizer Subsidy Program Increasingly Pointless
A recently published report by the Northern Ghana Civil Society Organizations platform on agriculture has concluded that the government’s subsidized fertilizer program is losing its
Construction of a Quebec Fertilizer Plan on Hold due to Cheap Urea
Development of a big urea fertilizer plant in Bécancour, Quebec, has been interrupted and put on hold again due to unfavorable economic conditions, only half
BPC Signs Deals with Vietnam on Fertilizer Shipments
Belarusian Potash Company (BPC) has finalized talks on two three-year memorandums with Vietnam on the shipments of potash fertilizers. The documents were signed in Hanoi