Phosphates
Overview
The global phosphates market has witnessed increasing volatility, in response to military conflicts, political tensions and changing market dynamics. Price fluctuations have continued to buffet the market, with increasing demand from south and Southeast Asia the main regions driving consumption growth. Rising raw material prices and improved affordability have lifted prices once again.
Phosphates' usage is also not solely limited to fertilizers. Battery-material suppliers are increasingly seeking to source phosphate rock and specialty phosphates-based products to meet the rapidly rising demand for lithium-iron-phosphate batteries for electric vehicle production.
Our extensive phosphates coverage includes DAP, MAP, TSP and SSP, as well as raw materials phosphate rock and phosphoric acid, with assessments also spanning feed products MCP and DCP. Argus has many decades of experience covering the phosphates market and incorporate our multi-commodity market expertise in key areas including sulphur and ammonia to provide the full market narrative.
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Mosaic aims to restore fertilizer output in '25
Mosaic aims to restore fertilizer output in '25
Houston, 3 March (Argus) — North American fertilizer producer Mosaic aims to complete maintenance at its assets in early 2025 and restore potash and phosphate production in line with historical levels following several disruptions to output in 2024. The producer forecasts its potash production to rise to a range of 8.7-9.1mn metric tonnes (t) in 2025, up from 8.7mn t in 2024. The company forecast phosphate production to rise to 7.4-7.6mn t in 2025 from 6.4mn t in 2024. The increased potash production will partly stem from the company's 400,000t Hydrofloat expansion at the Esterhazy mine in Canada's Saskatchewan province that Mosaic anticipates completing later this year. Mosaic also hopes to increase production following some maintenance work at its facilities, which will bring the company's capital expenditures for 2025 in line with 2024 levels at about $1.25bn. The producer has an ongoing turnaround at its sulfuric acid unit at its Bartow, Florida, phosphate processing plant that Mosaic expects to complete later this week. All sulfuric acid plants across Florida and Louisiana are back to doing turnarounds every three years, after the Covid-19 pandemic interrupted its maintenance schedule, the company said. The New Wales, Florida, plant brought forward some work at its phosphoric acid unit to address lingering reliability issues there that reduced output in 2024. The work at New Wales should increase Mosaic's production in the back half of the year, Mosaic said. Mosaic lost 700,000t of phosphate production and 250,000t of potash production in 2024 from operational and weather-related issues at its facilities, the company said. Back-to-back hurricanes impacting Florida in October contributed to the reduction in phosphate output. Electrical issues at the Esterhazy and Colonsay mines in Saskatchewan disrupted potash production in the third quarter. The company said it has recently operated both facilities at full capacity. Separately, Mosaic plans to finish the development of its 1mn t/yr blending plant in Palmeirante, Brazil, in 2025 as well. By Calder Jett Send comments and request more information at feedback@argusmedia.com Copyright © 2025. Argus Media group . All rights reserved.
Australia's CSBP to halt Kwinana superphosphate output
Australia's CSBP to halt Kwinana superphosphate output
Sydney, 28 February (Argus) — Australian manufacturer CSBP has shut down its 90,000-100,000 t/yr superphosphate (SSP) manufacturing plant in Kwinana, and will switch to an import model going forward. The company said the plant is going into "care and maintenance", and the facility will be repurposed to increase CSBP's storage capacity. CSBP is the fertilizer division of WesCEF, a subsidiary of Western Australia (WA)-based conglomerate Wesfarmers subsidiary. CSBP said the decision was made because of a "long-term decline in market demand for SSP as growers continue to reduce livestock numbers, combined with increasing competition from overseas suppliers and rising operational and raw material costs, including sulphuric acid." Sulphuric acid has become increasingly expensive because of production curtailments in the WA nickel industry, which meant it needs to be imported. A market participant estimated the closure of the SSP plant will result in sulphuric acid imports falling by 50,000-60,000 t/yr. "Choosing the care and maintenance option gave the business the flexibility to recommence operations in the future, if market conditions change," said CSBP Fertilisers' general manager Ryan Lamp. But market participants think a reopening of the plant is highly unlikely, considering much cheaper SSP imports are available, principally from China. CSBP's fertilizer sales rose by 31pc to 396,000t in the first half of the July 2024-June 2025 financial year compared with a year earlier, according to the company's half-year presentation. One SSP plant remains Australian chemicals and fertilizer producer Incitec Pivot also recently announced it would cease manufacturing SSP at its 350,000-400,000 t/yr plant at Geelong by the end of this year. This will leave Ameropa's 150,000-200,000t/yr facility in Hobart, Tasmania as the last operational SSP plant across the Oceania region. Market participants think the closure of CSBP's and IPL's plants will spell trouble for Ameropa's plant, which likely makes SSP swaps with IPL from time to time. By Tom Woodlock Send comments and request more information at feedback@argusmedia.com Copyright © 2025. Argus Media group . All rights reserved.
Australian Whyalla port takes first fertilizer delivery
Australian Whyalla port takes first fertilizer delivery
Sydney, 27 February (Argus) — Australian fertilizer supplier Marnco has delivered an unspecified amount of MAP/DAP into Whyalla Port in South Australia, marking a first for the port. Fertilizer imports into South Australia are usually imported via Port Adelaide and Port Lincoln. Australia's Agfert Fertilizers likely bought the supplies. The company recently completed its new 20,000t fertilizer storage and distribution centre on the Eyre peninsula. By Tom Woodlock Send comments and request more information at feedback@argusmedia.com Copyright © 2025. Argus Media group . All rights reserved.
Australia's CSBP fertilizer sales rise in 1H FY25
Australia's CSBP fertilizer sales rise in 1H FY25
Sydney, 20 February (Argus) — Fertilizer sales by Australia's CSBP rose by 31pc to 396,000t in the first half of the July 2024-June 2025 financial year compared with a year earlier, according to the company's half-year presentation. CSBP is the fertilizer division of WesCEF, a subsidiary of Western Australia (WA)-based conglomerate Wesfarmers. The company did not provide a breakdown of fertilizer sales by type. CSBP's fertilizer revenue increased by 14pc on the year to A$246mn ($155.27mn) in July-December 2024, supported by the higher sales volumes. Revenue from the chemical division of WesCEF rose to A$704mn, up by 12pc from a year earlier, owing to higher ammonium nitrate earnings, while revenue from its energy division fell by 0.8pc to A$260mn over the same period. WesCEF's overall revenue increased by 9.5pc to A$1.21bn in July-December 2024. The company expects higher contracted natural gas prices in WA to continue to weigh on earnings, it said in the presentation. CSBP is seeking to boost its ammonium nitrate output by 40,000 t/yr through "planned debottlenecking" of one of its nitric acid plants, which will increase the firm's capacity to 865,000 t/yr in the first half of the 2025-26 financial year, the company said. By Tom Woodlock Send comments and request more information at feedback@argusmedia.com Copyright © 2025. Argus Media group . All rights reserved.
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