Nutrien Ltd., Saskatoon, revealed at its Investors Day on May 28 that it has begun production of a new sulfur-enhanced MAP at its White Springs, Fla., facility that should compete with The Mosaic Co.’s MicroEssentials product line.
“This product should command a premium in the market over standard MAP and allow us to improve margins on the remaining solid product that we will produce,” said Nutrien Executive Vice President and CEO of Nitrogen and Phosphate Raef Sully.
“We think this is an excellent product and will compete strongly with Mosaic’s MES (MicroEssentials) product in the market. You can expect us to ramp up marketing of this product in the fall application season. We are also exploring additional industrial opportunities,” Sully added.
A Nutrien spokesman told Green Markets that the new product has a nutrient content of 9:43:0:16S, with a current capacity of 300,000 st/y with some operational upside. This compares to current MicroEssentials capacity of 3 million mt/y. He said Nutrien is in the early stages of market development, with efforts ramping up in the fall.