News EuroChem Karatau’s upcoming US$800m Zhambyl fertiliser plant to produce aggregates EuroChem Karatau’s upcoming US$800m Zhambyl fertiliser plant to produce aggregates

Kazakhstan: EuroChem subsidiary EuroChem Karatau has entered into talks with Zhambyl Region governor Berdibek Saparbayev over plans for the construction of a mineral fertilisers plant at a total investment cost of US$800m. Kazakhstan Newsline has reported that the facility will additionally produce aggregates for use in cement production. The plant will exploit the region’s Karatau-Zhanatassky phosphorite basin, from which the company has already extracted and carried out primary processing on phosphorite ore.

EuroChem signs agreement to acquire Serra do Salitre phosphate project in Brazil 01 August 2021

Eurochem: welcoming a new integrated player in Brazilian Phosphates!

Depois de mais de 20 anos (desde o Projeto da Atual CMOC, ex Anglo-Copebrás em Ouvidor - GO), temos um novo projeto integrado de fosfatados, de ácido fosfórico, "da mina aos fertilizantes" no Brasil. Trata-se da Eurochem, sucessora da Yara que sucedeu a Galvani em Serra do Salitre - MG. Dou as boas vindas ao grupo russo nesse megaprojeto e espero poder ver tudo lá funcionando em 2023.

After more than 20 years (since the Atual CMOC Project, ex Anglo-Copebrás in Ouvidor - GO), we have a new integrated project for phosphates, phosphoric acid, "from the mine to fertilizers" in Brazil. This is Eurochem, Yara's successor that succeeded Galvani in Serra do Salitre - MG. I welcome the Russian group to this megaproject and hope to see everything working there in 2023.

Después de más de 20 años (desde el Proyecto atual CMOC, ex Anglo-Copebrás en Ouvidor - GO), tenemos un nuevo proyecto integrado de fosfatos, ácido fosfórico, "de la mina a los fertilizantes" en Brasil. Este es Eurochem, el sucesor de Yara que sucedió a Galvani en Serra do Salitre - MG. Doy la bienvenida al grupo ruso a este megaproyecto y espero que todo funcione allí en 2023.

Après plus de 20 ans (depuis le projet atual CMOC, ex Anglo-Copebrás à Ouvidor - GO), nous avons un nouveau projet intégré pour les phosphates, l'acide phosphorique, "de la mine aux engrais" au Brésil. Il s'agit d'Eurochem, successeur de Yara qui a succédé à Galvani à Serra do Salitre - MG. Je souhaite la bienvenue au groupe russe dans ce mégaprojet et espère voir tout y fonctionner en 2023.

По прошествии более чем 20 лет (после проекта Atual CMOC, бывшего Anglo-Copebrás в Оувидоре, штат Джорджия) у нас появился новый комплексный проект по фосфатам и фосфорной кислоте «от рудника до удобрений» в Бразилии. Это Eurochem, преемник Yara, сменивший Гальвани в Серра-ду-Салитре - MG. Я приветствую российскую группу в этом мегапроекте и надеюсь, что в 2023 году там все будет работать.

بعد أكثر من 20 عامًا (منذ مشروع atual CMOC ، سابقًا Anglo-Copebrás في Ouvidor - GO) ، لدينا مشروع متكامل جديد للفوسفات وحمض الفوسفوريك "من المنجم إلى الأسمدة" في البرازيل. هذا هو Eurochem ، خليفة يارا الذي خلف جالفاني في Serra do Salitre - MG. أرحب بالمجموعة الروسية في هذا المشروع الضخم وآمل أن أرى كل شيء يعمل هناك في عام 2023.

Dopo più di 20 anni (dal progetto atual CMOC, ex Anglo-Copebrás a Ouvidor - GO), abbiamo un nuovo progetto integrato per fosfati, acido fosforico, "dalla miniera ai fertilizzanti" in Brasile. Questo è Eurochem, il successore di Yara che è succeduto a Galvani nella Serra do Salitre - MG. Do il benvenuto al gruppo russo in questo megaprogetto e spero che tutto funzioni nel 2023.

Eurochem Karatau

 Eurochem is one of the top ten fertilizers companies in the world. 

EuroChem Invests in Building Mineral Fertiliser Complex in Zhambyl Region

in BUSINESS on 20 OCTOBER 2016

ASTANA – EuroChem-Karatau, the Kazakh subsidiary enterprise of EuroChem Group AG, signed a memorandum of understanding and partnership with the Kazakh Ministry of Investment and Development and Akimat (city administration) of the Zhambyl Region, announced the company.

As per the memorandum, EuroChem will invest in a mineral fertiliser production complex to be built in the region. The investment will be used to develop the local social and transport infrastructure. Kazakh authorities will ensure cooperation and support in establishing the necessary legal environment and favourable business terms for uninterrupted execution of the project, reported Forbes.kz.

The memorandum was signed as part of the Kazakhstan and Russia Interregional Cooperation Forum held in the capital with the participation of Presidents Nursultan Nazarbayev and Vladimir Putin on Oct. 4.

“Signing a memorandum is an important and consecutive step on the way to implementing one of our strategic projects. We thank Kazakhstan’s authorities for supporting our efforts and are glad about this cooperation becoming stronger. Today’s event confirms that we keep our commitments on implementing our project, improving the region’s social and transport infrastructure and expanding a format of public and private partnership,” said EuroChem Director General Dmitry Sterzhnev, according to the website.

EuroChem is one of the biggest investors in Kazakhstan, undertaking a rock phosphate extraction project and mineral fertiliser production in the Zhambyl region since 2013. The first phase of the project was completed in the beginning of this year, reaching project capacity with an annual production volume of 640,000 tonnes of rock phosphate. The company continues to invest in the region’s social and economic development, allotting $18 million for the purpose, according to the source.

During the second phase, EuroChem plans to reach 1.5 million tonnes of rock phosphate production volume per year. The capacity of the complex will be more than one million tonnes per year on basic types of products (potassium sulfate and dicalcium phosphate) and about one million tonnes on concurrent products, wrote Forbes.kz.

EuroChem is one of the world’s leading agrochemical companies, producing mainly nitrogen and phosphate fertilisers as well as organic synthesis products and iron-ore concentrate. The company is also involved in mineral and hydrocarbon extraction, production, logistics and fertiliser distribution.

EuroChem is currently developing two major projects on potassium salt deposits in Russia as part of implementing the EuroChem-VolgaKaliy and EuroChem-Usolskiy potash complex projects. Headquartered in Zug, Switzerland, its production facilities and distribution is available in Belgium, China, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Russia and the U.S. The company has more than 23,400 employees around the world.

Capacity consolidation dominant trend in the feed phosphates market

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10-Sep-2020 By Jane Byrne

Fertinal - Lázaro Cárdenas - Michoacán - México

Fertinal is again with Pemex (as once it was held by Fertimex, an arm of the Mexican oil company).
It has two trais for 195 k P2O5/y plants based on the former Gulf Swenson Isothermal Reactor.

Cajati se desbungezou

A cidade é filha da Serrana S.A. de Mineração.
Agora, na quase maioridade (o município se emancipou em 1991), temos três empresa sucessoras.
Intercement, Mosaic e ICL.
Que tenham vida longa e profícua.
Estou morando temporariamente aqui para fugir do novo corona vírus.

Eurochem se mantém "básica"

O novo presidente da EuroChem, a fabricante de fertilizantes controlada pelo bilionário russo Andrey Melnichenko, acredita que nutrientes tradicionais, e não produtos especiais, são o melhor canal para aumentar a participação de mercado da empresa.

Há três anos, Melnichenko detalhou planos para transformar a EuroChem, uma empresa de capital fechado, em uma das poucas fabricantes de nutrientes especiais que usam microorganismos e bactérias para personalizar produtos para agricultores. Agora, Petter Ostbo, que assumiu a presidência em fevereiro depois de oito anos na maior rival da EuroChem, a Yara International, tem outras ideias.

“Não vejo muitas razões para focar em produtos especiais quando temos tantas oportunidades de crescer onde já somos muito bons”, disse Ostbo durante entrevista em Moscou. O executivo foi diretor financeiro da Yara, número 2 no mercado global de fertilizantes. Embora o plano seja se concentrar em seu principal negócio, a empresa pretende oferecer alguns produtos avançados, disse o norueguês de 40 anos.

A EuroChem é uma das três empresas do mundo que produzem os três principais tipos de fertilizantes – potássio, fosfato e nitrogênio – e agora é a quinta maior produtora. Ainda assim, sua participação de mercado em cada grupo de nutrientes é de apenas “um dígito”, motivo pelo qual é melhor expandir o negócio principal, disse Ostbo.

“Isso faz todo sentido”, disse Elena Sakhnova, analista da VTB Capital, em entrevista por telefone. “O setor de fertilizantes especiais é pequeno, enquanto a EuroChem tem baixos custos de produção em fertilizantes básicos e pode se beneficiar disso.”

O foco no negócio principal surge quando produtores parecem prontos para abrir minas ou expandir a capacidade para atender à crescente demanda dos agricultores. A EuroChem abriu uma mina de potássio na Rússia no ano passado e planeja abrir outra em 2020. A empresa acabou de inaugurar uma fábrica de amônia, orçada em US$ 1 bilhão, em Kingisepp, na Rússia, e avalia uma segunda unidade na mesma área.

A empresa também construiu três fábricas no Brasil no ano passado, ajudando suas vendas na América Latina quase a igualar às da Rússia no primeiro semestre.

“A EuroChem é uma empresa de baixo custo em uma região de baixo custo”, disse Ostbo. “Podemos nos dar ao luxo de construir novas fábricas.”

Bloomberg, 03/09/2019

After decades a new Phosphoric Acid is coming to life in Brazil - SERRA DO SALITRE

https://www.projetoserradosalitre.com.br/o-projeto

We welcome the newcomers.

Congratulations to the project sponsors, starting with Rodolfo Galvani e going to Lair Hanzen.

Now with Yara they have a brilliant path ahead.

Being a new "Phosphate City", along with Cajati-Jacupiranga (SP), Araxá-Tapira (MG), Catalão-Ouvidor (GO), Campos Belos-Arrais (GO-TO) and waiting for Santa Quitéria-Itataia to come.

I wish my friends involved all the success, hard-working, comradeship, an happiness a job well done in this field can provide.

Be safe and environmentally conscious.

See you soon!

Hoping the Phosphoric will run shortly and smoothly.

Yours

Roberto  

CMISS

INVESTIMENTO: 
R$ 2,6 bilhões: Maior investimento privado em MG

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CAPACIDADE DE PRODUÇÃO: 

• 1,2 Milhão de toneladas/ano de concentrado fosfático
• 950 mil toneladas/ano de fertilizantes granulados
• 1 Milhão de toneladas/ano de ácido sulfúrico
• 250 mil toneladas/ano de ácido fosfórico

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GERAÇÃO DE ENERGIA:
28,5 MW: Equivalente a energia consumida por um cidade de 40 mil pessoas.

1,2 mil

empregos diretos e contratados (operação)

3,5 mil

empregos no pico de obra (implantação)

CMISS - Yara - Serra do Salitre MG Brazil

CMISS Complexo Minero Industrial de Serra do Salitre - Yara

Phosphoric Acid to sell, good priced, Brazil September 2019

Chenchem and I will have 5.000 ton of Phosphoric Acid from Foskor (made from Phalaborowa rock, at Richards Bay, South Africa) to sell in Brazil asap.

ETA Santos August, 20.

Contact inbox.

A Chenchem e eu teremos 5.000 ton de Ácido Fosfórico da Foskor de Richards Bay (feito com rocha Phalaborowa) para vender o mais rápido possível.

ETA Santos em 20 de Agosto.

Contato inbox ou via 11 94208 196 ou 11 3168 2255. Preços de ocasião em função de volumes mais altos.

Brazilian phosphate to face scarcity

Mosaic to idle production at Brazil phosphate mines

Apr. 11, 2019 4:16 PM ET|About: The Mosaic Company (MOS)|By: Carl Surran, SA News Editor 

Mosaic (NYSE:MOS) says it will idle production at its Tapira and Catalão phosphate mines in Brazil to comply with new regulations governing mine tailings dams.

MOS says it took the action after Brazil's national mining agency did not approve an application for the extension of the deadline for submission of stability condition statements for three of its dams.

MOS says it has the rock and finished product inventory necessary to meet near-term market requirements, and will ship phosphates from its operations in Florida and rock from its Peruvian mine to meet customer needs in Brazil.

Bunge Argentina produces SSP

In 2008, Bunge opens the production plant for Single Superphosphate of calcium in Ramallo, a product marketed under the brand SP20 Ramallo. It is part of the Port Terminal at RamalloIndustrial Complex, and has a dock for loading and unloading fertilizers and raw materials, with a capacity for 1000 tons/hour. Storage capacity is 250,000 tons for solids and 20,000 tons for fluids.

Through the acquisition of PASA Fertilizers, in 2010 its production adds N-K-S nutrients, solids and liquids. Thus, it became producer of the most popular four nutrients in Argentina, for extensive, intensive, and industrial agricultural use.

It is one of the most significant suppliers, as it supplies the entire line of products through its own marketing network. With nationwide coverage, Bunge provides technical advice and a range of fertilizers for any kind of crops, customized logistics, trade and alternative improvement plans as required by customers, supporting the sector technological growth and development.

Quimpac (Peru) produces DCP from Hydrocloric Acid

La División Químicos tiene sus centros de operaciones principales en las plantas de Oquendo y Paramonga.

En la planta de Oquendo se produce soda cáustica y cloro, y a partir de ellos, una gama de productos derivados, que tienen una amplia y creciente variedad de aplicaciones en las principales industrias del país y exterior. El proceso utilizado es la electrólisis de la salmuera, utilizando como insumos la sal obtenida en las salinas propias y energía eléctrica.

En Oquendo también opera la planta de fosfato bicálcico, compuesto usado como complemento alimenticio en la dieta de aves, porcinos y bovinos, y que es producido usando roca fosfórica y ácido clorhídrico de alta pureza. El producto, Phosbic, es exportado a diversos países de América.

En la planta química de Paramonga, ubicada a 210 kilómetros de Lima y puesta en servicio en febrero de 1998, se produce también soda cáustica, cloro y los derivados correspondientes. El proceso es la electrólisis de la salmuera llevado a cabo en una planta similar a la de Oquendo.

ISUSA

Industria Sulfurica Sociedad Anonima is an Uruguayan company established in 1947.
They produce sulfuric acid, aluminum sulfate and fertilizers like SSP and NPK´s.
With more than 300 employees, it generates circa US$ 150 million in sales in 2017.

Serra do Salitre - Yara Galvani Joint Venture

Yara Galvani is building a whole new Mine Industrial Complex in Serra do Salitre, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Local igneous rock will be reacted to produce 300 ktP2O5y of Phosphoric Acid (and MAP).
Brazilian phosphate industry was lacking big investment since last decade.
Recently Itafos restartup an Mine and SSP (with H2SO4) Complex in Arraias-Campos Belos, Tocantins State (formerly MbAC).
And Yara and Mosaic (that took the Vale Fertilizantes also recently sold business) are investing in Brazil, as agriculture still maintain the pace in a meager economic environment in the giant of South America.
We wish that good news will catalyze a new virtuous cycle to come soon. 

Polyacrilamide screening

Always we need to be grateful for the people that spread knowledge among people into our phosphoric acid world.
In terms of filtration agents, I have to thank very much two very good men: Louis Irwing and Wayne Moss.

Phosphate Misr - EGYPT (Abu Tartour)

Company details

• Established in 2009. Phosphate Misr is one of two major companies that produces Phosphate rocks in Egypt with production capacity of around 5 million tons a year from one of the biggest reserves in the world “Abu Tartour”. 

• On the other hand the company is on its way to sign a new contract for the exploration and exploitation of new
sites in the south of Egypt where it is expected to increase its production capacity of phosphate rocks in the near
future 

Ore Reserves
• The Tremendous Phosphate Ores of the Plateau are currently being exploited by Phosphate Misr.
• The Phosphate seam spread all over the plateau covering an area of about 1200 km, only one tenth of that area had been geologically explored by means of 375 surface drill holes, indicating the presence of about 715 million ton of Phosphate reserves having an average seam thickness of about 3.5 meters.
• A small area of about 24 km out of the already explored area of the plateau had been selected to start developing the mine at the present stage.

They are tendering a Chemical Complex (for Phosphoric Acid) at the site.  http://www.amcham.org.eg/online_services/tas/View_Projects_Email_twitter.asp?project_id=35874