Vertically integrated producer of nitrogen, phosphate, potash and complex fertilizers as well as industrial chemicals
EuroChem Group AG
Zug (CH) · Mannheim (DE) · Antwerp (BE) · Kingisepp (RU) · São Paulo (BR)New on Amplifa
About EuroChem
EuroChem is a globally active fertilizer producer headquartered in Zug (Switzerland) with production sites on four continents. The company produces nitrogen, phosphate, potash and complex fertilizers and complements the portfolio with feed products and industrial products. The value chain extends from raw material extraction in its own mines (phosphate, potash salts, iron ore, baddeleyite) via ammonia and fertilizer production to logistics and distribution in over 100 countries. Key facilities include EuroChem Northwest in Kingisepp with an ammonia capacity of 1 Mio. t/year, the fertilizer plants in Antwerp, Kėdainiai and Novomoskovsk, as well as the Serra do Salitre phosphate project in Brazil, commissioned in 2024. R&D and field trials are conducted, among other places, in Mannheim (EuroChem Agro GmbH); the product range includes premium fertilizers such as Nitrophoska®, Croplex® and Aqualis®. EuroChem supplies the agriculture, feed industry and industrial chemicals sectors.
- Site
- Zug
- Processes
- R&D and field trials (Mannheim), Agricultural advisory / AgroCenter (fertilization, dosage, soil analysis), Vertical logistics chain from mine to farm (trucks, rail, ports, barges, warehouses), Distribution (including >30 warehouses in Kazakhstan), Trading (EuroChem Trading Middle East, Corrigo Fertilizers FZE)
- Materials
- Ammonia, Complex fertilizers (NPK), Phosphate fertilizers, Potash salts (KCl), Feed phosphates, Industrial products
- Industries
- Agriculture / Plant nutrition, Feed industry, Industrial chemicals
- 01
Mining (phosphate, potash salts, iron ore, baddeleyite)
- 02
Chemical precursors (ammonia, nitrophosphoric acid, sulfuric acid)
- 03
Fertilizer production (nitrogen, phosphate, potash, complex)
- 04
R&D and field trials
- 05
Logistics (trucks, rail, ports, barges, warehouses)
- 06
Sales and agricultural advisory in over 100 countries
Products and Raw Materials
Ammonia
Basic feedstock for nitrogen fertilizer production, e.g. 1 Mio. t/year at EuroChem Northwest.
Complex fertilizers (NPK)
Combination of the primary nutrients nitrogen, phosphate and potash in one granule, e.g. Nitrophoska®.
Phosphate fertilizers
DAP, MAP/NP, SSP/TSP and feed phosphates from own phosphate supply.
Potash salts (KCl)
Three KCl grades from the Usolskiy and VolgaKaliy mines.
Feed phosphates
Nutrient-rich feed products, produced e.g. at Lifosa and Phosphorit.
Industrial products
Industrial gases and organic synthesis products from the Newinnomyssk complex.
Inside the production
Industries
Additional services
History
- 1908
Patent for high-pressure ammonium synthesis (prehistory of Nitrophoska/BASF)
- 1927
BASF begins commercial production of the first complex fertilizer Nitrophoska in Limburgerhof
- 1967
BASF Antwerpen NV starts Nitrophoska production in Antwerp
- 2006
EuroChem begins operations in the USA
- 2012
BASF sells Antwerp fertilizer operations to EuroChem
- 2018
Test production at the Usolskiy potash mine; R&D partnership with Aphea.Bio; launch of the Nitrophoska China line
- 2019
Commissioning of EuroChem Northwest (1 Mio. t ammonia/year) in June 2019
- 2020
Acquisition of Fertilizantes Tocantins (FTO) in Brazil (August 2020)
- 2021
Acquisition of the Serra do Salitre phosphate project in Minas Gerais, Brazil
- 2024
Ramp-up of production at the Serra do Salitre phosphate complex (March/April 2024)