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Russia's PhosAgro blossoms in south but cuts back in west as prices soar

PhosAgro projects in Southern Africa. © Indigo publications

Russian phosphate fertiliser producer PhosAgro plans to increase its sales and storage space in southern and eastern Africa but is slowing expansion in the west, as record price hikes hamper trade. [...]

Published on 18.11.2021 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Office Cherifien des Phosphates
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Africa
PhosAgro, Uralchem, Eurochem: how Russian fertiliser giants cope with sanctions

In light of Western measures against their shareholders, the fertiliser producers PhosAgro, Uralchem and Eurochem will drastically cut their exports to Africa, a market they had turned to with relative success after the loss of their Ukrainian clients in 2014.

Free access Commodity traders, Business 21.03.2022

Russian President Vladimir Putin (back right) and his Zimbabwean counterpart Emmerson Mnangagwa (back left) with Dmitry Mazepin (front right) of Uralchem, and Perence Shiri (front left), Zimbabwean minister of agriculture, 15 January 2019, Moscow.

Africa
Sanctions against Eurochem's Russian shareholder disrupt Helios's sale of Solevo

The European Union's decision on 9 March to blacklist the oligarch Andrey Melnichenko, who holds a majority stake in Eurochem, is likely to disrupt Helios's plans. The fund had been counting on the Russian-Swiss fertiliser giant to raise the stakes on Solevo against OCP.

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Andrey Melnichenko, majority shareholder of Eurochem.

Africa
Helios and OCP play game of bluff over fertiliser trader Solevo

Solevo, a fertiliser and agricultural inputs trading company, was bought from Louis Dreyfus Company in 2016 by the British fund Helios and the Singaporean sovereign wealth fund Temasek. It will soon be put back on the market by its shareholders.

Free access Commodity traders, Business 27.01.2022

Senegal
OCP to open new fertiliser plant as key part of West African expansion

In addition to its three small plants in Senegal, Morrocan state-run OCP will soon build a new high-capacity plant, capable of supplying several countries in the area.

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South Africa
Russian PhosAgro plots course for big break into local phosphates market

The Russian fertiliser giant has opened two warehouses in Cape Town and plans to soon do the same in Durban so it can directly sell its products to South African clients and boost its presence in the country.

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Mali
Fertiliser manufacturers on the rack after coup d'état

Already negatively impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, the prospects for fertiliser sales in Mali, one of the leading markets in West Africa, have deteriorated further. The recent coup d'état has increased uncertainty among international commodities producers and local blenders.

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The cotton sector should drastically reduce its cultivated areas and, consequently, its fertilizer orders.

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Morocco's OCP brings in new recruits to boost its North American fertiliser sales

Moroccan fertiliser giant OCP, which is facing competition in its African "home" market and regulatory problems in Europe, is expanding its management team in the United States in a bid to find new outlets and increase its sales in both the US and Canada.

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OCP phosphate mine at Boucraa, in the disputed territory of Western Sahara.

In Focus | Africa
Moscow and Riyadh challenge Rabat on African phosphates market

Morocco's OCP, which is the leader in the fast-growing African fertilisers market, has run into increasing competition from Russia's PhosAgro and Saudi Arabia's Maaden, particularly on its west African "home" turf. The battle has been made fiercer by the direct interventions made by heads of state and governments.

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A dragline carries untreated phosphate after being dropped off on a mountain at a phosphate mine at the Boucraa factory of the National Moroccan phosphate company (OCP) situated in the southern provinces.

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Guinea
Behind the scenes of Mamadi Doumbouya's offensive on Russian miner Nordgold

DRC
Dan Gertler's billions of dollars in royalties at heart of huge legal battle

Africa
Russia's PhosAgro blossoms in south but cuts back in west as prices soar

Africa
PhosAgro, Uralchem, Eurochem: how Russian fertiliser giants cope with sanctions

Africa
Sanctions against Eurochem's Russian shareholder disrupt Helios's sale of Solevo

Africa
Helios and OCP play game of bluff over fertiliser trader Solevo

Senegal
OCP to open new fertiliser plant as key part of West African expansion

South Africa
Russian PhosAgro plots course for big break into local phosphates market

Mali
Fertiliser manufacturers on the rack after coup d'état

Spotlight | Morocco, United States
Morocco's OCP brings in new recruits to boost its North American fertiliser sales

In Focus | Africa
Moscow and Riyadh challenge Rabat on African phosphates market