Industry Restructuring in Older Producing Areas

The older fertilizer-producing regions of Europe and North America are undergoing major structural charges 

No new phosphate plants were built, and no major new potash mines were opened in North America or Europe during the period 1980-95. One new nitrogen fertilizer complex (SASFERCO in Canada) was constructed during that time period. 

Source EFMA, 1994. The Fertilizer Industry of the European Union. 

Note Those companies which did not undergo fundamental changes in ownership and/or name are not included. 

Source Data for 1975 through 1990 derived from various reports by TVA s National Fertilizer Environmental Research Center 1995 data derived from International Fertilizer Development Center report North American Fertilizer Capacity, June 1996. 

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