Swedish fertilizer producer Cinis Fertilizer AB announced on June 29 that it has signed a long-term agreement with BASF for deliveries of sodium sulfate. The company said these deliveries will secure its future growth and production of climate-friendly mineral fertilizers.
Cinis recently reported that it has received an environmental permit that the Swedish Land and Environment Court for the construction of a 200,000 mt/y sulfate of potash (SOP) production facility in Bergsbyn, Skellefteå municipality, Sweden (GM June 23, p. 28). Construction of the facility is slated to begin in 2024, with fertilizer production planned in 2025.
Cinis said it has sold all of the SOP production from the Skellefteå facility and another 100,000 mt/y facility in Örnsköldsvik to Van Iperen, a Dutch producer of specialty fertilizer and biostimulants for fertigation and foliar application. Cinis recycles waste salts from the Northvolt Ett electric car battery production facility in Skellefteå to produce SOP fertilizer.
“Cinis Fertilizer’s business plan means that we will have enough sodium sulfate for four plants that will be in operation before 2028,” said Jakob Liedberg, Cinis CEO. “We already have secured raw material supply from different sources and the agreement with BASF means that we can continue our growth journey and production of climate-friendly potassium sulphate mineral fertilizer.”