Kenya's NCPB has extended the closing date of its buy tender for 245,000t of various fertilizers for the 2024-25 season under the country's fertilizer subsidy programme to 19 September.
The closing date had previously been set for 13 September.
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India’s Fact opens phosrock offers in tender
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London, 14 November (Argus) — Indian fertilizer producer and importer Fact received offers for Moroccan and Togolese phosphate rock at firmer prices in its latest tender, which closed on 11 November. The tender had sought offers for 44,000t of minimum 31.75pc P2O5 phosphate rock for shipment to Cochin on India's southwest coast on 15-30 December. Indagro submitted the lowest offer for Moroccan phosphate rock at 18,121 rupees/t cfr ($204/t cfr), or Rs15,622/t fob ($176/t fob). Sun International offered Togolese rock at Rs19,372/t cfr ($218/t cfr), or Rs16,693/t fob ($188/t fob). But the Togolese phosphate rock offered by Sun International contains 36pc P2O5, while Argus understands that the Moroccan rock offered by Indagro contains 31.75pc P2O5 — matching Fact's minimum requirement. This means that Sun International's offer is equivalent to around $606/t P2O5 cfr, which is lower than the equivalent for Indagro's offer of around $643/t P2O5 cfr. Indagro's offer for 31.75pc P2O5 rock at $204/t cfr is slightly above the midpoint of prices for 70BPL (32pc P2O5) rock delivered to Indian ports in the third quarter at $202/t cfr, as assessed by Argus . Sun International's offer for 36pc P2O5 rock at $218/t cfr is also up from prices for Togolese 77-79BPL (35.2-36.2pc P2O5) product delivered in the third quarter at $209-212/t cfr west coast India. By Tom Hampson Send comments and request more information at feedback@argusmedia.com Copyright © 2025. Argus Media group . All rights reserved.
Ammonia viable bunker fuel under IMO plan: Fortescue
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Egypt’s NCIC issues fertilizer sales tender
Egypt’s NCIC issues fertilizer sales tender
London, 12 November (Argus) — Egyptian fertilizer producer NCIC has issued a tender to sell various fertilizers for loading by the end of December, closing on 24 November. NCIC is offering the following products in the tender: 80,000t of DAP — NCIC awarded DAP at $787-795/t fob in late September under its previous tender 40,000t of TSP — NCIC last awarded TSP at $580-585/t fob 30,000t of 20pc SSP — NCIC last awarded SSP at $175-183/t fob 5,000t of urea — NCIC offered 5,000t of granular urea in its previous tender but no awards emerged 15,000t of 26pc CAN — NCIC did not offer CAN in its previous tender 1,500t of water-soluble SOP in 50kg bags — NCIC did not offer SOP in its previous tender Bids are to be valid for two weeks and all cargoes will be priced on a fob basis. NCIC did not issue a sales tender in October, despite typically issuing one each month. By Tom Hampson Send comments and request more information at feedback@argusmedia.com Copyright © 2025. Argus Media group . All rights reserved.
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