Phosphates

26 Aug | DAP/MAP BRAZIL: OCP tables September prices

Negotiations between OCP and contract customers for September volumes of solid phosphate fertilizers are progressing with suggestions that prices for ...

26 Aug | DAP/MAP/TSP: Prompt and forward asking prices up sharply

After weeks of higher indications, the Tampa benchmark is higher on firm business this week. PhosChem sold modest DAP tonnage ...

19 Aug | PHOSPHATES: Soaring DAP prices in China raise concern

Solid phosphate prices are firming further on news of significantly higher prices paid by Chinese farmers to the domestic industry. ...

12 Aug | PHOSPHATES: Demand still ahead of supply; prices firming

Spot cargoes available for August shipment from the US, Russia, Australia and China are finding eager buyers West and East ...

5 Aug | PHOSPHATES: Market mood bullish; price uptrend continues

A couple of bullish factors are fuelling the international phosphate market in the nearer-term. First, uncertainty over the possible shutdown ...

29 Jul | PHOSPHATES: DAP Tampa firms to $475/mt FOB on Latin, US demand

This supply chains in markets outside of the Indian subcontinent for the next 60-90 days continue to support higher prices. ...

22 Jul | PHOSPHATES: Indian buyers book 150K mt DAP for Q4 in the $480s/mt CFR

Indian importers have returned to the market to purchase additional prompt DAP cargoes and also book as much as 150,000 ...

15 Jul | PHOSPHATES: Supply tightness in July/August pushes prices up

Tightening availability for prompt DAP/MAP cargoes combined with healthier demand levels continue to lend market support in the short term. ...

8 Jul | PHOSPHATES: New tender business in July/August to support market

The issuance of fresh tenders in India and Belarus this week totalling over 400,000 mt DAP/MAP/NPKs to be held in ...

1 Jul | PHOSPHATES: No time left, buyers come back and so do DAP prices

Buying activity in markets West of Suez continues, with South American buyers lending support to firmer spot trading. Following a ...

24 Jun | PHOSPHATES: West of Suez takes centre stage; benchmark prices firm

Spot activity was centred on markets West of Suez this week following sales to Turkey, Latin America and in the ...

17 Jun | PHOSPHATES: Market in balance either side of Suez in the short term

Spot trading picked up East and West of Suez, the global supply/demand is widely seen as balanced over the next ...

10 Jun | PHOSPHATES: Market focus shifts towards Latin America

As widely expected, Latin American buyers have re-entered the international market following IFA’s Annual Conference last week. Firm import enquiries ...