Mato Grosso-based Scheffer, a major Brazilian agribusiness involved in crop production and cattle raising, plans to purchase exploration rights for six phosphate mines and a processing plant in Pará from Phosfaz Fertilizantes, which is owned by investment firm BTG Pactual, Sao Paulo, according to a report by Valor Econômico. The deal is expected to garner Scheffer some 100,000 mt/y of phosphate fertilizer, enough to keep it self-sufficient for a decade, with 30 percent reported to be available for third parties.
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