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Fertilizer prices seen as unlikely to reach again in the near term the record-high hit in 2022

Jul 23, 2023

Fertilizer prices, influenced by the cost of natural gas that is a key feedstock to produce synthetic plant nutrients, may not reach their Russia-Ukraine War-related historical price peaks of 2022 in the near future. That is unless unforeseen events impact...

Bolivia’s auto producer Quantum to open in 2023 Mexican plant and aims to offer Mexican-made EVs for about $7,500

Feb 21, 2023

A company named Quantum that has already made and shipped electric vehicles including tricycles, motorcyles and automobiles within Latin America from its home base in Cochabamba, Bolivia, plans to open a plant in Mexico before the end of 2023, the company’s...

U.S., France to seek global accords on plastic but environmentalists wary about “non-binding commitments”

Feb 22, 2022

The governments of France and the U.S. announced on Feb. 11, 2022 that they have decided to start work together to seek international accords to reduce plastic waste so that it won´t end up in rivers and oceans.

Fertilizer tightness seen lasting into at least 2023, forcing world farmers into bidding wars

Dec 6, 2021

Farmers worldwide seeking to secure fertilizer for the next two years will have to outbid rivals or otherwise miss having enough to support crops, executives of a leading U.S. fertilizer supplier said in November.

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