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Pupuk Indonesia distributes subsidised fertilizers
Pupuk Indonesia distributes subsidised fertilizers
Singapore, 16 June (Argus) — State-owned fertilizer producer Pupuk Indonesia has distributed about 3.24mn t of subsidised fertilizers to registered domestic farmers as of 9 June, the company said. The distributed volumes consist of 1.55mn t of urea, 1.57mn t of NPK fertilizers, 25,500t of specialised NPK formulas and 98,600t of Pupuk's Petroganik organic fertilizers. Pupuk Indonesia's current national fertilizer stock availability for the domestic market is around 2mn t, comprising subsidised and non-subsidised products. Subsidised fertilizer stocks amount to 1.37mn t and non-subsidised fertilizer stocks are at 680,000t. Pupuk Indonesia has set a highest retail price (HET) for the sale of subsidised fertilizers. The HET for urea fertilizers is set at 2,250 rupiahs/kg ($138/t), for NPK Phonska fertilizers it is at 2,300 rupiahs/kg ($141/t), for NPK fertilizers for cocoa it is at 3,300 rupiahs/kg ($203/t), and for organic fertilizers it is at 800 rupiahs/kg ($49/t). Pupuk Indonesia is widely expected to have around 150,000t of urea available for July-loading export, according to market participants, but no tender has emerged yet. By Dinise Chng Send comments and request more information at feedback@argusmedia.com Copyright © 2025. Argus Media group . All rights reserved.
Northern Nutrients, Shell partner on ferts plant
Northern Nutrients, Shell partner on ferts plant
Houston, 13 June (Argus) — Canadian fertilizer producer Northern Nutrients will partner with Shell Trading Canada to increase fertilizer output at Northern Nutrients' facility in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Northern Nutrients produces enhanced nitrogen sulfur fertilizers using Shell's Thiogro technology. The company's flagship product, Arctic S, consists of 75pc micronized elemental sulfur and 11pc nitrogen. The joint venture will result in an expansion of the Saskatoon-based facility, tripling its total fertilizer output from 50,000 metric tonnes (t) to 150,000 t/yr. The expansion will also increase sulfur consumption at the facility to approximately 112,500 t/yr, according to Northern Nutrients. Northern Nutrients said that groundbreaking is underway and the expansion should commence operations in the second half of 2026. The addition of new equipment, infrastructure and construction activity is not expected to impact operations or capacity of the current facility until the project nears completion during the third quarter of 2026, the company told Argus . By Chris Mullins Send comments and request more information at feedback@argusmedia.com Copyright © 2025. Argus Media group . All rights reserved.
Egyptian urea production halted on Israel attacks
Egyptian urea production halted on Israel attacks
London, 13 June (Argus) — All Egyptian urea plants have stopped production today because of a drop in natural gas flows from Israel, with suppliers withdrawing urea offers. Greek independent Energean has suspended production from its Karish gas field offshore Israel in line with an Israeli government order after the country carried out air and missile strikes against Iran in the early hours of Friday local time. Production at Israel's two other offshore gas fields — Leviathan and Tamar — may also have been affected. Operator Chevron declined to comment, beyond stating that its employees and facilities were safe. One source told Argus that output at Leviathan has been suspended. Leviathan has a production capacity of 1.2bn ft³/d (12.36bn m³/yr), while Tamar's production capacity is 1.1bn ft³/d. Both fields supply gas to Egypt. Egypt has bought at least 140 LNG cargoes for delivery across the rest of this year and next year. But limited import infrastructure and capacity will likely keep urea production outlook uncertain in the near term. Production will be vulnerable to further fluctuations, because of the geopolitical situation in the region. At least five Egyptian urea plants with a combined capacity of around 3.29mn t/yr stopped production on 17 May, following initial reductions a week earlier. Operating rates at the country's urea plants are estimated at 70-80pc of capacity since 9 June. By Dana Hjeij Send comments and request more information at feedback@argusmedia.com Copyright © 2025. Argus Media group . All rights reserved.
Indonesia seeks stronger potash trade with Belarus
Indonesia seeks stronger potash trade with Belarus
London, 12 June (Argus) — Indonesia is looking to improve trade flows of potash with Belarus after a meeting last week between Indonesian foreign minister Sugiono and the Belarusian ambassador to Jakarta. Sugiono intends to enhance "co-operation in potash" with Belarus to support the Indonesian government's goal of "achieving national food security", the foreign ministry said in an official statement. Belarus is one of the world's largest exporters of potash fertilizer. State-owned producer Belaruskali exported more than 10mn t of potash last year. Indonesia is the largest importer of potash in southeast Asia and applies most of the fertilizer to the country's large palm oil plantations. Indonesia sourced almost a fifth of its total MOP imports from Belarus last year. Indonesia imported 245,000t of MOP from Belarus last year, in addition to roughly 406,000t of MOP from Uzbekistan, the majority of which is likely to be from Belarus, GTT data show. In the first four months of this year, MOP imports from Belarus and Uzbekistan totalled about 331,000t. Indonesian president Prabowo Subianto has outlined food security as a core objective of his government. Since coming to power in October, his administration has introduced plans to increase agricultural output by converting some of the country's swamplands into rice fields. By Aidan Hall Send comments and request more information at feedback@argusmedia.com Copyright © 2025. Argus Media group . All rights reserved.
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