Brazil’s Fertilizantes Heringer, Viana, reported March 26 that it expects two more of its blending plants to return to production in 2021. They include Rosario do Catete, SE, which has installed capacity of 450,000 mt/y and storage capacity of 70,000 st/y; and Rio Verde, GO, with capacity of 300,000 mt/y and storage of 30,000 mt.
Once these two plants are up, the company will have active total capacity of 4.19 million mt/y and storage of 638,000 mt.
The two plants will join nine others already in production: Ourinhos, SP; Iguatama, MG; Catalao, GO; Paulinia, SP; Manhuacu, MG; Candeias, BA; Viana, ES; Tres Coracoes, MG; and Dourados, MS.
Three plants remain inactive: Porto Alegre, RS, Rio Grande, RS, and Paranagua, PR. They have combined capacity of 1.21 million mt/y and storage of 199,000 mt.
As previously reported, the company announced in February that it is selling a plant at Uberaba, MG, to Brazilian fertilizer distributor Cibrafértil Group for R$55 million (approximately US$10.25 million at February exchange rates (GM Feb. 26, p. 1)