Calais, France-The final elements are still not in place, but Huntsman Corp. is moving toward investing 30 million to increase fertilizer production at its pigments division plant in Calais. Huntsman officials have agreed in principle to build a new magnesium sulfate fertilizer manufacturing operation at the division’s titanium dioxide pigments manufacturing plant, subject to finalizing the permits and a number of other elements that are all on track. They say the project will yield a number of economic and environmental improvements. The pigments division already has a significant presence in the fertilizer market, both from Calais, where magnesium-based fertilizers have been marketed for more than 10 years, and from other sites, including Huelva in Spain, according to Terry Walsh, pigments division eco products director. “The decision to expand our existing presence in magnesium sulfate was made for a number of reasons, but a key driver was our desire to provide sustainable solutions to the challenge of feeding a growing global population,” Walsh stated. The new plant will use spent acid from pigment manufacturing operations at Calais.
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