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QatarEnergy raises June sulphur price to $805/t fob

  • Spanish Market: Fertilizers
  • 31/05/26

State-owned QatarEnergy Marketing has raised its June Qatar Sulphur Price (QSP) by $65/t to $805/t fob Ras Laffan/Mesaieed.

Freight rates as of 28 May were $154-170/t for a 30,000-35,000t shipment to Chinese ports. This implies a delivered cost of $959-975/t cfr, with additional insurance premiums raising prices further on a delivered basis.

Delivered Middle East sulphur prices are higher compared to product from competing origins, allowing Vancouver fobs for example to rise above Middle East fobs to $990-1,100/t fob.

Another problem for Middle East supply is the longer delivery time as a result of uncertain passage through the strait of Hormuz since the onset of the US-Iran war.

By Maria Mosquera

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29/05/26

India’s IPL scraps sulphur tender

India’s IPL scraps sulphur tender

Singapore, 29 May (Argus) — Indian fertilizer importer India Potash Limited (IPL) has scrapped its buy tender for 593,500t of sulphur. Offers were valid until 27 May. The tender, on behalf of eight Indian companies, requested 527,500t and 66,000t for June-August delivery to the east and west coasts of India, respectively. The tender received offers for the east coast at $1,1,70-1,295/t cfr for June-July shipment, and $1,065-1,098/t cfr for August. No full cargoes were offered to the west coast, while two 3,000t cargoes were offered at $1,400/t cfr. While the lowest offer received was for a total of 593,000t at $565/t cfr, its legitimacy was unclear and was widely thought to have been disqualified at an earlier stage. Offers quoted in this tender came in above prevailing market indications, with Argus -assessed granular sulphur cfr India prices at $1,000-1,100/t cfr as of Thursday. IPL was understood to have entered price negotiations with traders, but the tender was subsequently scrapped. By Deon Ngee Send comments and request more information at feedback@argusmedia.com Copyright © 2026. Argus Media group . All rights reserved.

Colombia's Ecopetrol to export first sulphur

28/05/26
28/05/26

Colombia's Ecopetrol to export first sulphur

London, 28 May (Argus) — Colombian oil company Ecopetrol will export its first containerised sulphur shipment in June from its 200,000 b/d Cartagena refinery. The 1,100 metric tonnes (t) load is destined for African and Latin American markets, with Tanzania and Peru among destinations. Ecopetrol said it will have a regular export volume of around 1,000t/month of containerised product, and is currently negotiating July export volumes. Ecopetrol recently announced the first shipment of 260t of solid sulphur produced at a newly inaugurated pelletizing plant at its Cartagena refinery . The first solid sulphur cargo was sold to a domestic distributor supplying Colombia's fertilizer, chemical, mining and water treatment sectors. By Maria Mosquera Send comments and request more information at feedback@argusmedia.com Copyright © 2026. Argus Media group . All rights reserved.

Iran, US dispute status of Hormuz in draft deal: Update

27/05/26
27/05/26

Iran, US dispute status of Hormuz in draft deal: Update

Updates with US comments, other details London, 27 May (Argus) — A draft agreement to end the war between the US and Iran includes a pledge from Tehran to return the number of commercial ships passing the strait of Hormuz to pre-war levels within a month, Iranian state television reported on Wednesday. But President Donald Trump later on Wednesday pushed back against Tehran's assertion of control over Hormuz and other Iranian demands. Crude futures fell sharply after the report by Iranian broadcaster IRIB, with front-month Ice Brent approaching $94/bl, the lowest intraday level since 21 April. Prices subsequently regained some ground. IRIB said it had seen a "first draft" of a 14-point agreement that said "managing the passage of ships… and receiving fees for services remains at the discretion of [Iran], which will work in co-operation with Oman". In return, IRIB said the US has pledged to lift the maritime blockade on Iran, and has agreed to "make a commitment" on the issue of its military presence in countries neighbouring Iran. The IRIB report contains no mention of agreement on other key issues, like Iran's nuclear programme, or on the repatriation of funds to Tehran. Iranian officials previously indicated they are eyeing the return of its funds frozen in foreign banks under US mandates. Trump, in televised remarks at the Cabinet meeting on Wednesday, said he expects the strait of Hormuz to reopen immediately if an agreement is signed. "The strait (of Hormuz) is going to be open to everybody," Trump said. "We'll watch over it, but nobody's going to control it. That's part of the negotiation that we have. They would like to control it, nobody's going to control it." Tehran has touted a joint Iranian-Omani mechanism to control navigation through Hormuz. "It's international waters, and Oman will behave just like everybody else, and we'll have to blow them up," Trump said. "They understand that. They'll be fine." Iran should not count on immediate relief of US sanctions or repatriation of funds, Trump said. "We're not talking about any easing of sanctions or giving money," Trump said. "We'll keep control of that money. When they behave properly, and when they do what's right, we'll let them have their money, but right now we're not doing that." By Nader Itayim, Ben Winkley and Haik Gugarats Send comments and request more information at feedback@argusmedia.com Copyright © 2026. Argus Media group . All rights reserved.

Indian DAP stocks recovered slightly in April

27/05/26
27/05/26

Indian DAP stocks recovered slightly in April

London, 27 May (Argus) — Indian DAP stocks increased slightly in April as a result of combined imports and production marginally outweighing domestic demand, in line with expectations from provisional data earlier this month , according to Indian fertilizer association FAI data. Indian DAP stocks rose marginally to just below 1.93mn t by the start of May, Argus estimates. This was also a recovery from around 1.60mn t of DAP inventories at the end of April last year, although stocks remained more than 1mn t lower than the average for the time of year over 2022-24. DAP stocks are also down slightly from the start of this year because increased output has not covered the substantial fall in imports in the face of firm offtake compared with last year. India produced 303,000t of DAP in April, just 10,000t lower than in the same month last year, according to FAI data, although DAP production over January-April of 1.175mn t was ahead of the 933,000t produced in the first four months of 2025. But the lack of sulphur and ammonia — key raw materials for DAP production — raises doubts over whether India can sustain this trend. Imports are significantly lagging year-earlier levels. DAP imports of only 49,000t last month brought the January-April total to 298,000t — or just 39pc of India's DAP imports over the same period in 2025. Importers facing firm global prices, especially since the start of the US-Iran war and the closure of the strait of Hormuz, have kept to the sidelines while they wait for further clarity on whether the government will provide additional financial support to importers beyond the nutrient-based subsidy. Major importer IPL successfully lined up more than 1.3mn t of DAP in its 7 May tender on behalf of several importers, following the government's recommendation that importers buy on a consortium basis. Domestic DAP sales of 326,000t in April surpassed the total for April last year by 114,000t. And offtake since January of 1.736mn t is 49pc higher than in the same period in 2025. TSP stocks fell by 31,300t in April because no imports arrived to replace product sold domestically, according to FAI sales data and Argus lineup data. Argus estimates Indian TSP stocks at the end of April at around 374,000t. By Tom Hampson Indian DAP stocks and prices '000t Indian DAP production, imports and prices '000t Indian TSP imports and stocks '000t Send comments and request more information at feedback@argusmedia.com Copyright © 2026. Argus Media group . All rights reserved.

Iran-US deal draft contains Hormuz pledge: State TV

27/05/26
27/05/26

Iran-US deal draft contains Hormuz pledge: State TV

London, 27 May (Argus) — A draft agreement to end the war between the US and Iran includes a pledge from Tehran to return the number of commercial ships passing the strait of Hormuz to pre-war levels within a month, Iranian state television reported today. Crude futures fell sharply after the report, with front-month Ice Brent approaching $94/bl, the lowest intraday level since 21 April. Prices subsequently regained some ground, with Ice Brent down by around 4pc as of 13:45 GMT. Broadcaster IRIB said it had seen a "first draft" of a 14-point agreement that said "managing the passage of ships… and receiving fees for services remains at the discretion of [Iran], which will work in co-operation with Oman". In return, IRIB said the US has pledged to lift the maritime blockade on Iran, and has agreed to "make a commitment" on the issue of its military presence in countries neighbouring Iran. Details of the latter agreement are unclear. None of this has been confirmed by the governments in Tehran or Washington, although US president Donald Trump on 23 May said an agreement with Iran to reopen the strait of Hormuz has been "largely negotiated". Today's IRIB report contains no mention of agreement on other key issues, like Iran's nuclear programme, or on the repatriation of funds to Tehran. By Nader Itayim and Ben Winkley Send comments and request more information at feedback@argusmedia.com Copyright © 2026. Argus Media group . All rights reserved.

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