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Wind power: What is changing on the ground? |
Apr 26:
Wind power is here to stay and grow
8Prices will continue to drop but by how much?
8What are the future global trends in this segment?
8Where does offshore wind stand in India in the global pecking order?
8The point to note is that today, wind is the most competitively priced technology in many if not most markets; and the emergence of wind/solar hybrids, more sophisticated grid management and increasingly affordable storage begin to paint a picture of what a fully commercial fossil-free power sector will look like.
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The dynamics of gas-I: Renewable is now a threat |
Apr 26:
For many years, natural gas was considered a natural ally to renewables in the transition to a low-carbon economy.
8This natural alliance between gas and renewables in the power generation sector is increasingly tenuous, as renewable cost declines continue at a rapid pace, and utility-scale renewables now regularly beat gas-fired projects in competitive power auctions in many parts of the world.
8Even in the Middle East, natural gas demand can be much lower because renewable power is turning out to be cheaper.
8Flexible gas-fired power plants are uniquely well suited to balancing the daily intermittency of wind and solar PV in particular.
8But grid-scale battery storage, whose costs are also declining rapidly, and proliferating electric vehicles, whose batteries can also be used as a grid asset, can soon erode the cost advantages of gas-fired backup generators around the world.
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The dynamics of gas-II: Find out why high LNG prices are unlikely to last |
Apr 26:
Know why currently high LNG prices are not likely to last even though there is a sharp upsurge in demand
8Then again, expect a divergence between oil and gas prices going ahead
8This may make gas prices linked to crude to flare up in relation to hub-based prices
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GNFC: Doing good |
Apr 26:
GNFC's Q4 performance is the best ever in its 42-year-long history.
8The company's net profit rose 51.45% to Rs 789.52 crore in the year ended March 2018 as against Rs 521.30 crore during the previous year ended March 2017.
8Despite being weighed down by over Rs 4,000 crore of debt, the company has made an impressive turnaround by prepaying all long-term debts.
8The company is also planning to raise its acetic acid and formic acid production capacity.
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Unused Compost trashes Govt’s Rs 7,000 Cr Waste Management Plan |
Apr 26:
For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Supply of Manpower at Ramagundam Details
8Handling & Transport Contractors for Lining Up of H & T at Washim Rake Point Details
8Handling & Transport Contractors for Lining Up of H & T at Pimpalkhuti Rake Point Details
8Handling & Transport Contractors for Lining Up of H & T at Malkapur Rake Point Details
8Repairing of Operation Mechanism of High Mast Towers Details
8Corrigendum: Supply of Motors Details
8ARC for providing Fire Fighting Services for the year 2018-19 Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following reports:
8Debt Market Review [March 2018] Details
8Statement of Audited Financial Results for the quarter and year ended March 31, 2018 [Coromandel International Limited] Details
8Unprecedented Financial Results for FY 17-18 in 42 years history of GNFC [Press Release] Details
8Influence of Water Soluble Fertilizers: A Paper Details
8Agrometeorological Advisory Bulletin [Tamil Nadu] Details
8Agrometeorological Advisory Bulletin [Andhra Pradesh] Details
8R K Babu Trading Private Limited: An Analysis Details
8Statement of Consolidated Audited Financial Results for the year ended March 31, 2018 [DCM Shriram Limited] Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8IFFCO launches “imandi” for farmers Details
8Unused Compost trashes Govt’s Rs 7,000 Cr Waste Management Plan Details
8Urea plant foundation next month Details
8Techie-turned farmer promotes natural farming Details
8Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana: Flagship crop insurance scheme runs into rough weather Details
8Normal monsoon will enable favourable Kharif production: Agri Minister Details
8Maharashtra: MahaFPC to venture into input trade of fertilisers Details
8Greens bring cheer to this farmer’s life Details
8Growth in local demand may push up GNFC & GSFC bottom lines Details
8Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals standalone net profit rises 37.98% in the March 2018 quarter Details
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Software updates: SSP projects |
Apr 26:
SSP-Sulphuric Acid & NPK Fertilizer Expansion Project
8Cost - Rs 75 Crore
8Project Event: RFQ for a contractor is likely to be released in August 2018, as environmental clearance is going to take time.
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NPK-SSP & Sulphuric Acid Expansion Project
8Cost - Rs 15 Crore
8Project Event: RFQ for a contractor is likely to be released after environmental clearance and that will take a minimum three to four months.
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Software updates: Fertilizer projects |
Apr 25:
Ammonia-Urea Brownfield Project
8Cost - Rs 6000 Crore
8Project Event: RFQ for EPC contractor was floated in Feb 2017, The contractor is likely to be finalized at the board meeting, which was scheduled for April 7 but has been put off till April 26 2018.
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Urea (Granular) and Captive Power Unit Expansion Project
8Cost - Rs 700 Crore
8Project Event: Discussion process is going on, and RFQ for the EPC contractor is likely to be released in May or June in place of April 2018.
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Ammonia-Urea Brownfield Project
8Cost - Rs 6000 Crore
8Project Event: RFQ for EPC contractor was floated in Feb 2017, The contractor is likely to be finalized in April or May 2018.
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GNFC spurts after robust Q4 result |
Apr 25:
For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Corrigendum: Transportation Contract from Mysore to Kodagu District Details
8Installation of New Crushing System in Urea and ANP Bagging Plant Details
8Supply of End Cap Assembly and Thrust Ring Details
8Structural Stability Certification of Product Handling Plant Details
8Carrying out Zirconium Welding Jobs in Formic Acid Plants in CGP Group of Plant Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following reports:
8Statement of Standalone Audited Financial Results for the year ended March 31, 2018 [DCM Shriram Limited] Details
8Results Presentation of DCM Shriram Limited [April 2018] Details
8DCM Shriram Limited [Press Release] Details
8Roles and optimisation rate of potassium fertiliser: A Paper Details
8Key Economic Indicators [April 2018] Details
8Statement of Audited Financial Results for the fourth quarter and financial year ended March 31, 2018 [GNFC] Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8DCM Shriram Q4 net down 68% at 51 cr Details
8‘Fertiliser sector is working to double income of farmers’ Details
8Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals jumps 11% after strong March quarter earnings Details
8GNFC spurts after robust Q4 result Details
8Coromandel International Q4 profit declines Details
8Dharmendra Pradhan seeks airport at Paradip Details
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Large chemical fertilizer subsidies distorting market for city compost, says report |
Apr 24:
The website carries here a detailed analysis of the environmental and financial sustainability of solid waste management in Indian cities.
8In 2016, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change notified that India produces 62 million tonnes of waste annually, out of which only 12 million tonnes are treated.
8City compost not only helps to restore organic matter in the soil but also provides specific nutrients and reduces the requirement of chemical fertilisers.
8The practice of composting of biodegradable waste would pick up only if there is good demand for city compost.
8Large subsidy on chemical fertilisers such as urea creates distortions in relative prices and dampens the demand for city compost, claims this line of argument.
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Market Round-Up |
Apr 24:
Discounts in DAP
Fertilizer companies give more discounts on complexes and DAP as compared to other fertilizer products
8Click on Details to know more on what Retailers in Telengana are getting
Market Updates: Bihar
8IFFCO is the first provider of 45kg urea bags in the Katihar district.
8Only IFFCO & Paras brands are available for DAP in the Nawada market.
8Retailers from the Vaishali district are expecting a urea rake of RCF this week.
8Vaishali retailers have blamed distributors selling urea at a premium during season time.
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Apr 24:
For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Transportation & Handling of bagged fertilizers for the year (2018-19) Details
8Purchase of hard coking coal from domestic market Details
8Road Transport of Fertilizers including Neem products from Fertilizer Plant Details
8Load Testing of DG sets installed in various plants Details
8Corrigendum: Radiography of High Pressure Pipe Weld Joints in Urea Plant Details
8Corrigendum: Hiring Services for Digital Radiography of Synthesis Gas Converter Lines Weld Joints in Ammonia Plant Details
8Supply of Gratings Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following reports:
8Solid Waste Management in India: A Report Details
8Infrastructures as Catalysts: A Paper Details
8Scrutinizer Report of Tuticorin Alkali and Fertilizers Limited [2018] Details
8Minutes of the meeting of the Crop Weather Watch Group [April 2018] Details
8Profitable project ideas for starting business in Oman and Middle East: A Report Details
8Report on Agri Export Policy [2018] Details
8Automatic Irrigation Monitoring System using WSN: A Paper Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8Govt exploring sugar cess, GST cut on ethanol, subsidy to growers: Ram Vilas Paswan Details
8IMD forecast boost: Monsoon in India yet to arrive, but rain linked stocks skyrocket Details
8First phase of PMUG project likely to be completed before deadline Details
8Weather info share to help farmers Details
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Micororganisms and their impact on agriculture |
Apr 23:
The health benefits of microorganisms have long been understood, both in medicine and agriculture.
8Penicillium notatum is perhaps the most famous early example; a fungus discovered by Dr. Alexander Fleming in 1928 that produces the antibiotic penicillin.
8Since its successful isolation and first medicinal use in the 1940s, penicillin has remained one of the most widely used antibiotics in the world.
8Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) was a similarly impactful agricultural discovery.
8A bacterium isolated from dead insects by a number of scientists in the early 1900s, Bt became a commercial insecticide in 1938, used to control flour moths in France.
8Jump forward sixty years and genetically modified crops including the Bt genes for insect toxin production are on the market.
8Today, over 80% of US corn and cotton acreage is planted with insect-resistant seeds that include the Bt traits.
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New technology making inexorable inroads |
Apr 23:
While the nutritional needs of plants have not changed over the years, the factors (fertilizer, media and water) influencing plant nutrition are constantly changing.
8There are new technologies in the fertilizer industry as well as a greater demand for organic fertilizers in some sectors.
8Quality water sources are being replaced with lower quality secondary water sources, and the availability and quality of substrates for rooting media are always changing.
8Fertility management means addressing and understanding all three of these components to optimize plant performance.
8Integrated into fertilizer, water and media are cultural practices and pest management programmes, which will also play a significant role in optimizing the nutritional needs of plants.
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Fertilizer Briefs |
Apr 23:
8Know more about Nutrien, the world's largest producer of potash
8Ultra low energy urea plants are now in vogue. Find out more which companies are going for them
8How does zero waste urea production work?
8Successful start-up of world’s largest wet gas sulphuric acid (WSA) plant. Know more
8Halt to Chinese exports strengthens the urea market even as phosphates firm up on supply constraints. Meanwhile, suppliers are banking on strong demand and tight supply to lift potash prices. Sulphur prices soften as market corrects
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Why China has got it right and India wrong |
Apr 23:
Even as India struggles with overuse of fertilizers, Chinese green agricultural development is a national strategy
8Fertilizer management is the central component of the strategy
8China is on the right track to achieve its zero-growth (fertilizer use) goal
8There are many policies and actions targeting the zero-growth goal
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Organic farming and India: A report |
Apr 23:
Is India ready to take up the challenges raised by the organic farming?
8Globally, experts suggest that organic agriculture is the future, but in a country like India, organic farming is still to make significant headway
8Farmers and policy makers should join together and understand the advantages of organic farming without any prejudices.
8At the same time, scientists have to critically analyze the quantity of nutrients required by the plant, methods of application of chemical fertilizers, so that there will be minimal quantities of residue gets into the nature.
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Market Round-Up |
Apr 23:
Tender Update
8RCF invited tender for Low temperature Carbon Steel and Urea Grade Stainless Steel piping jobs in Urea plant at RCF Trombay Unit
The bid submission date was 20 April and RCF received total of 6 offers for this tender
8RCF invited another tender for Structural Jobs involving replacement and repair of equipment platforms, gratings, pipe supports and pipe racks in Methanol Plant area at RCF, Trombay Unit
Bid submission date was 20 April and they receive total of 10 offers for their tender
Import of Raw Material
8In the past two weeks, Indian fertilizer industry has imported some raw materials, mostly Rock phosphate
8Companies like IFFCO and PPL have imported most of the material
8Then again, a total of 36508t of sulphuric acid was imported by CIL, PPL, and IFFCO
8Whereas, IFFCO and CIL imported a total of 47,498T of ammonia in the past two weeks
8On the other hand, urea was imported by MMTC and NFCL: an aggregate quantity of 2,74,292T urea was imported
Shipment Details
Rock Phosphate shipment is expected to arrive on 5 May with a total quantity of 49,500T
8A Sulphuric acid shipment is arriving on 22 April with a total quantity of 8500t
8Phosphoric acid shipment is also expected to arrive on 25 April of 9228T
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Apr 23:
For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Contract for Modification of Inlet piping and supporting structures in Ammonia Plant Details
8Corrigendum: Contract for hiring of Private Godown at Gujarat State Details
8Lining Contract for Re-tubing of Gas Heat Exchangers Details
8Biannual Rate Contract to carry out various miscellaneous activities related to production in Suphala Plant Details
8Hydro testing and plugging of leaky tubes of Nitrogen cooler in Ammonia Plant Details
8Repairing Aluminum Tanks of CNA Storage in CNA Plant Details
8Assistance for multitasking in various company related activities Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following reports:
8Smartchem Technologies Limited: An Analysis Details
8Uses of Educational Information Services in Agricultural Libraries: A Paper Details
8SAARC Agricultural experts discuss ways to address impact of Climate Change on Agriculture: A Conference Details
8IOT based Agri-Bot for Backyard Farming: An Analysis Details
8Giving new range to India-Madagascar Relations: An Analysis Details
8Sectors performance in the current week [April 2018] Details
8FAI Programme for Business Intelligence, Forecasts and Planning for the Fertiliser Sector [June 2018] Details
8The complex realities of Organic Farming: A Paper Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8Garbage menace to end soon with waste-to-energy plant Details
8You can’t ignore India: Svein Tore Holsether, Group CEO, Yara Fertilizers Norway Details
8India needs to make Crop Insurance work for its farmers Details
8Krishnapatnam Port records 88% rise in container handling in FY18 Details
8Collectors highlight farmers’ problems Details
8Morocco's charm offensive to protect phosphate sale to NZ Details
8CP Railway's profit tops estimates on higher potash, crude shipments Details
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Essar runs into trouble in Raniganj; Matix shuts down operation |
Apr 20:
Essar seems to have run into trouble with its Raniganj CBM block
8This website has received complaints that vendors have been not been paid off
8A few of them, Aakash Exploration, Kingston Oil field and MACO Corp. have been working with Essar Oil for the last five years as service providers for workover rigs
8But Essar has not paid up for the past six months, forcing them to move an insolvency petition
8The worst hit of course is Matix Fertilisers, which had set up a Rs 5000 crore ammonia-urea complex on promise of gas from the Raniganj field. The company will have to wait for the trunk pipeline built by GAIL to become operational to get to full production.
8The plant tried to run on limited gas supplied by Essar but is currently under shutdown as Essar had closed some wells for planned maintenance and refrac jobs.
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Coromandel: Banking on unique grades |
Apr 20:
Coromandel International Limited is going strong
8The company witnessed fertilizer volume improvement led by strong growth in its unique grade products and the share of unique grades in fertilizer revenues. As an example, to address the issue of lower sulphur, the company has developed a nutrient solution Gromor Max with technology support from ShellTM, which can supply nitrogen, phosphorus and sulphur nutrition via single source.
8The share of unique grades in fertilizer revenues has jumped from 28% to 33% over FY14-17. And, in 9mFY18 it stands at 38% of revenue versus 33% in FY17. While pricing in
common grade fertilizers is limited to +/-5% of competition, unique grades provide pricing flexibility and help protect margins. It also marginally helps create product differentiation in
a purely commodiitzed industry. The company aims to create loyalty for these products.
8Similarly, profitability of Coromandel’s agrochemical business has improved
8Earnings growth of the company however is expected to be moderate in FY19 to 9% on limited margin improvement due to RM pressures.
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