AGRIMIN LTD, a Western Australian based minerals company, has advised that the sulfate of potash (SOP) product produced by the Mackay Potash Project has been certified as an allowable input into certified organic production systems. “It is exciting for Agrimin’s high quality SOP product to be certified for use in organic agriculture which will allow us to target this rapidly growing market segment,“ Mark Savich, CEO of Agrimin, commented. „Based on our extensive customer engagement, we expect the organic market to play an increasingly important role in global SOP demand in the future.“ Agrimin’s SOP product has been certified by Southern Cross Certified Australia Pty Ltd, which undertook an audit of Agrimin’s product samples and proposed production process. The certification will be renewed annually and requires a combination of on-site and desktop audits, and laboratory testing as and when required.
CVR PARTNERS, a US-based manufacturer of ammonia and urea ammonium nitrate solution fertilizer products, announced that its subsidiary, Coffeyville Resources Nitrogen Fertilizers LLC (CRNF), has generated carbon offset credits related to the company’s voluntary N2O abatement efforts at its nitrogen fertilizer plant in Coffeyville, Kansas. CVR Partners has utilised similar technology to abate N2O at its nitrogen fertilizer plant in East Dubuque, Illinois, since 2011. The project should increase the company’s reduction of CO2e to more than 1 million tpy. “CVR Partners is proud to have generated its first carbon offset credits as a result of our voluntary nitrous oxide abatement project in Coffeyville, Kansas,” said Mark Pytosh, CEO of CVR Partners’ general partner. CVR Partners’ N2O abatement project is registered with the Climate Action Reserve, a carbon offset registry for the North American market. The Reserve employs high-quality standards and an independent third-party verification process to issue its carbon credits, known as climate reserve tonnes.
DUCTOR, a global biotech company founded and based in Finland, received a significant investment from BW Group, a world leading maritime group in the tanker, gas, and offshore segments. The new projects will use agricultural or fish waste to create renewable biogas and sustainable organic fertilizer. This circular economy model will help significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions from both the energy and agriculture sectors. The new facilities will be a clear move towards making the EU economy more sustainable, as stated in the new European Green Deal. “As company owners, we need to push and do our utmost to counter climate change,“ Ari Mokko, Founder and CEO of Ductor, commented. „Ductor’s goal is to use the circular economy as a weapon in this fight and now, with the help of BW Group, we can speed up our operations.” In 2019, Ductor opened its first operational sustainable fertilizer and biogas facility in Mexico and contracted for three new facilities in Poland. The company already has around 75 new projects under development in Europe and North America.
