Fertiliser Week News Today

As a major by-product of ammonia production, the global CO2 industry is heavily reliant on the fertiliser sector. Following closures of major UK plants and continued disruptions in production, fears arose around the potential for...

Rarely can the focus on carbon dioxide (CO2) been more intense, whether it is government leaders grappling with Net Zero and emission targets, or food and beverage producers and packaging manufacturers wrestling with supply shortages.

Three leading energy companies today signed a joint development agreement (JDA) that will enable a multibillion-dollar investment in a ‘world-scale’ green hydrogen-fuelled ammonia production facility in Oman.

As the Russia-Ukraine conflict continues to escalate, wider impacts are being seen across a range of global markets including crude oil, food staples such as wheat and oilseeds, and the computer chip industry – a main consumer of neon, of which Russia and Ukraine are a majority supplier.

Energy company Petrofac will join an in-country subsidiary of Mediterranean Energy Partners (MEP) to undertake an early-stage feasibility study for a new green hydrogen to ammonia facility in Egypt.

As gas prices continue to rise unabated, the reliance of India on imported liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a fertiliser feedstock could see the government increasing its US$14bn (Rs1 trillion) fertiliser subsidy budget, according to a new report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA).

Crippled ammonia trade flows as a result of the war in Ukraine are placing further strain on the fertiliser supply chain and are expected to cause prices to skyrocket further. 

Crippled ammonia trade flows as a result of the war in Ukraine are placing further strain on the fertiliser supply chain and are expected to cause prices to skyrocket further.