Sulphur 416 Jan-Feb 2025
31 January 2025
A complete listing of all articles and news items that appeared in Sulphur magazine during 2024.
Koch Ag & Energy Solutions is buying a 50% share in Jorf Fertilizers Company I (JFC I) as part of a second joint venture with OCP Nutricrops.
Nickel is becoming increasingly important to the sulphur and sulphuric acid markets, with Indonesia now a key importer.
Peter Harrisson, Principal, Sulphur & Sulphuric Acid Market Services, provides a brief snapshot of the global sulphur market at the end of June 2026.
• The market has paused as bearish buyer sentiment has not yet translated into lower spot prices. The direction of the next major deal is now the critical test. This will either initiate a downward price correction, validating buyer caution, or force a recognition of the market’s underlying tightness and bring purchasers back to the table at current levels.
The global sulphur market has entered a holding pattern, as a wave of bearish sentiment has so far failed to move stubbornly high spot prices. The departure of a significant volume of product from the Middle East has emboldened buyers and shifted market sentiment firmly towards bearish, but at time of writing this has so far failed to translate into lower prices. With sellers in no hurry to lower prices and spot availability still tight, the market has stalled as both sides wait for the other to blink first.