Huijun Yao

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Editor, Asia Fertilizers at Fertilizer Focus

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South Korea’s NPK, NP/NPS exports fall in 1H 2023

Jul 17, 2023 | argusmedia.com | Huijun Yao

An error has occured. The article you are searching for was not found. Published date: 18 July 2023 South Korea's NPK and NP/NPS exports declined on the year in January-June, because of subdued demand from key export destinations. Falling raw material values since the start of this year have pushed NPK prices down, causing most buyers to take a cautious approach in purchasing NPKs, buying only needed volumes instead of stocking up their inventories.
Indonesia’s MOP imports fall on year in April

Jun 5, 2023 | argusmedia.com | Huijun Yao

An error has occured. The article you are searching for was not found. Published date: 06 June 2023 Indonesia's MOP imports in April continued the downtrend since the start of this year because of lower demand from plantations. Indonesia's imports in April fell by 40pc on the year to 140,100t, latest trade data from GTT show. Canada accounted for 40,000t, down by 70pc on the year.
Chinese DAP prices fall on latest sales

May 15, 2023 | argusmedia.com | Huijun Yao

An error has occured. The article you are searching for was not found. Published date: 16 May 2023 A Yangtze river producer has sold 7,000t of DAP at close to $500/t fob China. The cargo is to be loaded in June and is destined for India. Another Yangtze river producer is reported to have concluded 6,000t of DAP at the same price level, also for June loading. Offers from a southern producer were indicated in the mid-$500s/t fob.
Australia’s Kalium’s 1Q SOP production highest to date

May 8, 2023 | argusmedia.com | Huijun Yao

An error has occured. The article you are searching for was not found. Published date: 09 May 2023 Australian SOP producer Kalium Lakes has achieved 1,784t of SOP production at its Beyondie SOP mine in January-March, which marks its highest quarterly production to date. This is up from 780t in the previous quarter of September-December 2022.
El Nino may dampen southeast Asian fertilizer demand

Apr 27, 2023 | argusmedia.com | Huijun Yao

An error has occured. The article you are searching for was not found. Published date: 28 April 2023 Higher rice export prices in Thailand and Vietnam from a year earlier are likely to support fertilizer consumption in the main application season during May-September, but the onset of El Nino later this year could dampen demand.
Southeast Asian MOP demand mixed despite price clarity

Apr 12, 2023 | argusmedia.com | Huijun Yao

An error has occured. The article you are searching for was not found. Published date: 13 April 2023 Southeast Asia's potash demand outlook is mixed this quarter, despite price clarity and stability to the market provided by India's MOP contract settlement last week.
Pupuk Indonesia eyes green ammonia output by 2045-60

Mar 30, 2023 | argusmedia.com | Huijun Yao

An error has occured. The article you are searching for was not found. Published date: 31 March 2023 State-controlled fertilizer producer Pupuk Indonesia aims to achieve large-scale green ammonia production by 2045-60, according to the producer at the Pupuk Indonesia Clean Ammonia Forum (PICAF) 2023 in Jakarta on 30 March.
Malaysia’s Nafas issues MAP, DAP buy tenders

Mar 28, 2023 | argusmedia.com | Huijun Yao

An error has occured. The article you are searching for was not found. Published date: 29 March 2023 Malaysian fertilizer importer National Farmers Organization (Nafas) has issued two tenders this week to purchase a total of 10,000t of MAP and DAP for June-July shipment, closing 31 March.
Mechanical metamaterials made of freestanding quasi-BCC nanolattices of gold and copper with ultra-high energy absorption capacity - Nature Communications

Mar 4, 2023 | nature.com | Hongwei Cheng |Xiaoxia Zhu |Xiaowei Cheng |Pengzhan Cai |Jie Liu |Huijun Yao | +1 more

AbstractNanolattices exhibit attractive mechanical properties such as high strength, high specific strength, and high energy absorption. However, at present, such materials cannot achieve effective fusion of the above properties and scalable production, which hinders their applications in energy conversion and other fields. Herein, we report gold and copper quasi-body centered cubic (quasi-BCC) nanolattices with the diameter of the nanobeams as small as 34 nm.
Australia’s CSBP proposes ammonia expansion project

Feb 9, 2023 | argusmedia.com | Huijun Yao

An error has occured. The article you are searching for was not found. Published date: 10 February 2023 Australian fertilizer producer CSBP has proposed to Western Australia's (WA) Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) to build and operate a new 300,000 t/yr ammonia plant within its industrial complex in WA's Kwinana Industrial Area (KIA).