2024-03-14 01:52:20
SERRA DO SALITRE, Brazil, March 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — EuroChem today celebrated the opening of its new phosphate fertilizer production facility in Serra do Salitre, Minas Gerais state, Brazil.
The new phosphate mine and plant complex, with a total investment of almost $1 billion, was built in record time and will have an annual production capacity of 1 million tons of advanced phosphate fertilizer, significantly increasing the reliability of domestic phosphate fertilizer supplies to Brazilian farmers.
The plant offers state-of-the-art integrated phosphate fertilizer production with low water consumption, a fully closed water cycle and a clean energy generation system that reuses its own steam and generates up to 40% of the plant’s total energy needs.
“EuroChem has a long and successful history in South America, an important growth market for us where there is high demand for our products,” said Oleg Shiryaev, President of the EuroChem Group. “The opening of our new facility brings us one step closer to our customers and allows us to provide Brazilian farmers with access to the highest quality fertilizers through our well-established distribution network in this important global breadbasket. EuroChem works from mine to farm and ensures reliability and quality throughout the entire fertilizer supply chain, from raw material extraction through production to delivery to the end user.”
EuroChem is a leading international fertilizer manufacturer whose products cover all three major nutrient groups: nitrogen, phosphate and potash. With 32,000 employees worldwide and a distribution network spanning more than 100 countries, the company contributes to the food security of more than 250 million people worldwide.
EuroChem actively invests in the development of its production facilities and has commissioned several new production facilities in recent years, including the EuroChem-Northwest ammonia plant and the Usolskiy and VolgaKaliy potash plants in Russia. An ammonia and urea plant in Russia, EuroChem North-West-2, as well as a potassium nitrate plant in southern Russia and a chemical complex in Karatau, Kazakhstan, are currently under construction.
In South America, EuroChem has mixing plants and an extensive sales network in addition to the complex in Salitre and employs over 3,000 people in Brazil. The company has been present in the country since 2016 after acquiring Fertilizantes Tocantins and Fertilizantes Heringer.
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