Fertilizers play an essential role in our everyday lives. Without them, we would not have the food supply to keep up with the demand that our growing population needs to live our daily lives. However the fertilizer industry is facing various challenges that must be overcome. Low crop prices, changing dietary habits, stricter regulations on fertilizer usage, production costs are increasing and more.
Metso understands these challenges and has the experience to help your operations push through challenges to exceed your goals. But where does Metso play a role in the fertilizer value chain?
Mining
Exploration, extraction and transportation of the material. This process involves drilling and blasting, extracting and then using material handling equipment to deliver the material to be further processed. This can involve two tracks: Potash and phosphates.
Metso can help in these critical initial stages. Ranging from our Process Optimization (PRO) group to our Metso Truck Bodies and material handling equipment. All make sure your operation is running efficient and maximizing operations from the beginning.
Processing
Processing of the material involves different stages of crushing, screening, grinding and beneficiation. Well-known in the mining industry, Metso provides industry-leading solutions.
Our comminution solutions portfolio is comprehensive and reliable for fertilizer applications to maximize size reduction, screening efficiency and energy-efficient grinding. Beneficiation in fertilizers will mainly focus on separation and flotation, which our highly efficient equipment can help to increase recovery rates.
Blending
Blending focuses on the granulation and acidulation of the process. Metso provides pyro processing equipment such as rotary drums that have been best applied in the fertilizer industry.
To learn more about the granulation process and proper equipment selection, read our blog.
End use and land reclamation
We all understand the end uses of fertilizers, and then also the result of those end uses to produce nutritious crops for us to consume. Land reclamation does occur in some countries, where the land that is mined will be used for various other applications.
Metso has become a trusted partner with some of the largest and most well-known fertilizer producing companies in the world. We help maximize performance and productivity for the mining, processing and blending stages of the process. For more information about how Metso can help your operations, contact us below!
