Most of Yara's production sites are in Europe. Based on statistical information from the European Fertilizer Manufacturers Association (EFMA), Yara's management believes Yara has established a cost position below the average of other European producers.
Yara's low-cost position is also partly a result of its access to low-cost natural gas. Yara's joint venture investment in ammonia and urea manufacturing in the Middle East (Qatar) and the Caribbean (Trinidad and Tobago) is also based on the availability of low-cost natural gas in these areas.
In the nitrophosphate process used by Yara, nitric acid is used for digestion of the phosphate rock. This benefits the extraction of calcium by crystallization as calcium nitrate (CN), and processing of high-quality prilled or granular CN products.
The majority of manufacturing processes for complex fertilizers are based on dissolution of phosphate rock in mineral acid followed by neutralization, concentration and finally, granulation or prilling. In some processes, sulfuric acid is used for the dissolution of phosphates. The calcium originating from the rock is then extracted as gypsum, a waste material that can cause environmental problems.
Millions of years ago, igneous rocks were formed when cooled magma solidified beneath the surface of the earth’s crust. For tens of thousands of years, these crystallized phosphate rocks lay buried beneath layers of soil deposited during glacial periods.
Then in 1950, a worker in central Finland discovered the phosphate deposit at Siilinjärvi during the construction of a railway. The deposit at Sokli in the north of Finland near the Russian border was found in 1967 by a professional company carrying out a systematic exploration.
The deposits in Siilinjärvi and Sokli are carbonatite igneous rocks. The phosphate ore is called apatite. At Siilinjärvi the ore feed is hard rock, which has to be mined by drilling and blasting. Sokli’s ore feed is weathered rock – a type of loose soil or gravel – which can be partly excavated and partly blasted.
What's extra special about these ancient ore deposits – Siilinjärvi is more than 2600 million years old, while Sokli is 300 million – is that in terms of purity, they both offer the best phosphoric raw material available, containing only minute traces of hazardous heavy metals.
Today these millions-of-years-old minerals play a key role in the provision of food for a growing global population.
Operations in Siilinjärvi include phosphate mining and phosphoric acid production. In addition, there are potentially strategic phosphate ore reserves in Sokli.
During the apatite concentration process, the rock is crushed and milled and then further refined through flotation, thickening and filtration. This concentrates the hard rock ore feed, giving it the necessary phosphorus content for the production of phosphoric acid (from 9.16 percent phosphorus to 82.44 percent). The phosphorus content of rock is traditionally expressed as phosphorus pentoxide P2O5.
Then the apatite concentrate can be mixed with sulphuric acid to create phosphoric acid. Phosphoric acid can be used as a raw material in the production of fertilizer and feed phosphates, as well as in the manufacture of washing detergents, in the food industry and in biological water purification.
For more on Yara's various production processes, click here for information on those involving nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, multi-nutrients and specialty fertilizers.
Phosphorus occurs in natural geological deposits of phosphate rock, which is mined from the earth’s crust.
Potassium salts, or potash, are mined from naturally occurring ore bodies that were formed as seawater evaporated.
In addition to single-nutrient fertilizer products, there are also multi-nutrient products, categorized in a number of different ways.
Specialty fertilizer products are targeted for growers of so-called cash crops - fruits and vegetables.
Yara runs 26 production sites in 15 countries around the world.
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Yara Argentina S.AAvenida del Libertador 498 P-16 C1001ABR Buenos Aires ArgentinaArgentinaTel: +54 11 5169 6400Fax: +54 11 5169 6450
Yara Australia Pty. Ltd.Level 5, 182 St Geroges Terrace PERTH, WA 6000 AustraliaAustraliaTel: +61 8 9327 8100 (Switch Board)Fax: +61 8 9327 8199
Yara Belgium S.A Corporate Village – Aramis Da Vincilaan 1 B-1935 Zaventem BelgiumBelgiumTel: +32 2773 5500Fax: +32 2773 5242
Yara Tertre S.A./N.VRue de la Carbo 10 BP 6 B-7333 Tertre BelgiumBelgiumTel: + 32 6571 2448 Fax: + 32 6571 2288
Yara Brasil Fertilizantes S.AAv. Padre Cacique 320 90810-240 Porto Alegre – RS BrazilBrazilTel: + 55 51 3230 1300Fax: +55 51 3233 1278
Yara Latin AmericaAv.Libertador 498 - P16 V1001ABR - Buenos Aires ArgentinaBrazilTel: +54 11 5169 6400Fax: +54 11 5169 6450
YARA Cameroun S.A.Port de Pèche Douala Deido P.O.Box 2228 Douala Cameroon CameroonTel: +237 340 5995Fax: +237 340 6037
Yara Canada Inc.1130 Sherbrooke Street West Suite 1050 Montréal, Québec H3A 2M8 CanadaCanadaTel: +1 514 849 9222Fax: +1 514 849 3362
Yara Belle Plaine Inc.215-1874 Scarth Street Regina, Saskatchewan S4P 4B3 CanadaCanadaTel: +1 306 525 7600Fax: +1 306 525 2942
Yara China LtdUnit 2612, 26th Floor China Merchants Tower 168 Connaught Road Central Hong KongChinaTel: +852 2511 8000Fax: +852 2511 8082/8101
Yara China Ltd. Guangzhou Representative OfficeRoom 19D, Tower A Guangdong International Hotel 339 Huanshi Road East Guangzhou China 510098 ChinaTel: +86 20 8331 3530/3553Fax: +86 20 8331 3578
Qingdao Yara Trading Co Ltd.Room 3202, Top Yihe International Building A, 10 Xiang Gang Zhong Lu, Qingdao China 266071ChinaTel: +86532 6677 7283Fax: +86532 6677 7289
Yara ChinaUnit B2, 20th floor, V-Capital Building No. 333 Xianxia road, Changning district Shanghai, ChinaChinaTel: +86 21 6074 2939Fax: +86 21 6074 2940
Yara Colombia Ltda. Centro Industrial Metroparque Interseccion Circunvalar/Cordialidad Bodega MC11 Baranquilla ColombiaColombiaTel: +57 5328 9380Fax: +57 5 328 9353/54
Yara Colombia S.A.S.Avenida Circunvalar con Cordialidad Centro Industrial Metroparque Bodega MC 11ColombiaTel: +57 5 3289380Fax: +57 3288653 Ext. 138
Abonos del Pacífico S.ADel Sta Ana 2000, 2km hacia Ciudad Colon, a mano izquierda Apartado 10929 1000 San José Costa RicaCosta RicaTel: +506 205 1000Fax: +506 205 1040
Abonos del Pacifico S.A. (ABOPAC)SJO 2258 1601 NW 97th Ave. Unit C-101 Miami, FL 33102-5216 USACosta RicaTel: .Fax:
YARA West Africa S.A.Z.I. de Vridi 07 B.P. 61 Abidjan 07 Côte d’IvoreCôte d'IvoireTel: +225 2127 5500Fax: +225 2127 4704
YARA Agri Czech Republic, s.r.o.Dušní 10 110 00 Praha 1 Czech RepublicCzech RepublicTel: +420 224 810 654/650Fax: +420 224 810 647
Yara Danmark Gødning A/S Kastelsvej 5 DK-7000 Fredericia DenmarkDenmarkTel: +45 7922 3366Fax: +45 7922 3322
Yarecuador Cia Ltda. 1792028140001 Samborondon Business Center Torre A oficina 213 Guayaquil EcuadorEcuadorTel: +593 4 2630827 / +593 4 5015326/27Fax:
Yara Agri Trade Misr.Building B3, Tibba Buildings, Second Floor, Zahraa EL Maadi Cairo Egypt EgyptTel: +202 519 9447/57/70 and +202 519 9579Fax: +202 519 3775
AS Baltic AgroPeterburi tee 44 EE-11415 Tallinn EstoniaEstoniaTel: +372 606 2260Fax: +372 606 2278
Yara Suomi Oy Bertel Jungin aukio 9 02600 Espoo FinlandFinlandTel: +358 10 215 111 Fax: +358 10 215 2126
Yara France Nanterre Cedex100 rue Henri-Barbusse F- 92751 Nanterre Cedex FranceFranceTel: +33 1 55 69 96 00Fax: +33 1 55 69 98 00
YARA GmbH & Co. KGHanninghof 35 D-48249 Dülmen P.O. Box 1464 D-48235 Dülmen GermanyGermanyTel: +49 2594 798 0Fax: +49 2594 798 116
YARA Brunsbüttel GmbHHolstendamm 2 D-25572 Büttel P.O. Box 1268 D-25535 Brunsbüttel GermanyGermanyTel: +49 48 52 82 1Fax: +49 48 52 82 400
Yara Ghana Ltd.Bostal Avenue # 2 Roman Ridge Accra, GhanaGhanaTel: +233 21 770 079Fax: +233 21 760 208
Yara Hellas S.A.143, Syngrou Avenue 171 21 Nea Smyrni - Athens HellasGreeceTel: +30 21 0937 0355Fax: +30 21 0937 0357
Yara Guatemala S.A.Calzada Roosevelt 33-86, Zona 7 Edificio Ilumina Nivel 11, Oficina 1102 Guatemala City GuatemalaGuatemalaTel: +502 2421 2600Fax: +502 2439 5771
Yara Hungária Kft.H-8200 Veszprém Szabadság tér 4. HungaryHungaryTel: +36 88 577 940Fax: +36 88 444 694
Yara Fertilisers India Private Limited#402, Suyog Fusion Dhole Patil Road Sangamwadi Pune 411 001IndiaTel: +91 20 4130 2585 / 86 / 87Fax: +91 20 4130 2589
PT Yara IndonesiaWisma 46 - Kota BNI – 43rd Floor Jln. Jend. Sudirman Kav. 1 Jakarta 10220 Indonesia IndonesiaTel: +62 21 572 2024 / +62 21 574 8816Fax: +62 21 572 2028
Yara Tehran Office228 Mirdamad Blvd. Aryan Bldg. Eastern Tower 7th Floor, Apartment 25 P.O. Box 19395-3849 Postal Code: 1549846171 Tehran IranIranTel: +98 21 2225 6341/40Fax: +98 21 2225 6339
Yara Italia SpAVia Benigno Crespi 57 I-20159 Milan P.O. Box 10052 I-20111 Milan Italy ItalyTel: +39 02 754 161Fax: +39 02 754 16 201
Yara Italia SpA - IndustrialVia Benigno Crespi 57 I-20159 Milan P.O. Box 10052 I-20111 Milan Italy ItalyTel: +39 0275416287Fax: +39 0275416228
Yara East Africa Ltd.Off Mombasa/Enterprise Rds Opposite Sameer Industrial Park – Road C next to Kings Kitchen P.O.Box 50949 City Square 00200 Nairobi Kenya KenyaTel: +254 20 533 001/158Fax: +254 20 551 298
Yara Korea Limited#1107 Kofomo Bld., 16-3, Sunae-dong, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do 463-825, South KoreaKoreaTel: +82 31 717 7475Fax: +82 31 717 7476
SIA Baltic Agro - Jelgava rajonsAkmenu celš 1, Cenu pagasts, Ozolnieku novads Jelgava rajons LatviaLatviaTel: +371 7 228 851Fax: +371 7 830 280
SIA Baltic Agro - RigaLielirbes street 32-A Riga LV-1046, LatviaLatviaTel: +371 7 228 851Fax: +371 7 830 280
UAB Baltic Agro - VilniusAteities str. 10 LT-08303 Vilnius LithuaniaLithuaniaTel: +370 5 270 1187Fax: +370 5 270 1711
UAB Baltic Agro - Panevėžio raj.Maksvytiškių km. Panevėžio raj. LT-38417 LithuaniaLithuaniaTel: +370 45 468 445Fax: +370 45 468 440
Yara International (M) Sdn. Bhd. (30344-T)Lot 3.02, Level 3, 1 First Avenue, Bandar Utama, 47800 Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, MalaysiaMalaysiaTel: +60 3 7726 4181Fax: +60 3 7722 2479
Yara International (M) Sdn BhdCalcium Nitrate Liquid Plant PT 121631 (Lot 10), Jalan Sungai Pinang 4/3 (KS04) Kawasan Industri Pulau Indah 42920 Pelabuhan Klang, Klang Bandar Diraja Selangor Darul Ehsan, MalaysiaMalaysiaTel: +60 3 3101 2008Fax: +60 3 3101 2418
Yara México S.A. de C.V.Av. Americas #1545 Piso 24 Col. Providencia C.P. 44630 Guadalajara, JaliscoMexicoTel: +52 33 3003 3350Fax:
Yara Fertilizers (New Zealand) LimitedP.O. Box 8746 43 Plassey Street Havelock North New ZealandNew ZealandTel: +64 6 877 6600Fax: +64 6 877 6610
Yara International ASABygdøy allé 2 P.O. Box 2464, Solli N-0202 Oslo NorwayNorwayTel: +47 2415 7000Fax: +47 2415 7001
Yara International ASA, Yara Industrial, Yara NorgePO Box 2464, Solli Bygdøy allé 2 N-0202 Oslo NorwayNorwayTel: +47 24 15 70 00 Fax: +47 24 15 70 01
Yara Peru SACalle Santander 186, of. 401, MirafloresPeruTel: +511 647-2282/ 647-2283Fax: +511 647-2284
Yara Fertilizers Philippines Inc.Unit 1404 Antel 2000, 121 Valero St. Salcedo Village, 1227 Makati City PhilippinesPhilippinesTel: +632 845 3801-05Fax: +632 845 2654
Yara Poland Sp.z.o.o.al. 3 Maja 1 70-214 Szczecin Poland PolandTel: +48 91 433 0035Fax: +48 91 433 0434
Yara International ASAMiddle East Representative Office 'D' Ring Road, Al-Hillal Street Al Andalus Compound Villa No 40 P.O. Box 22083 Doha Qatar QatarTel: +974 467 0206Fax: +974 467 0703
Qatar Fertiliser Company S.A.Q.P.O. Box 50001 Mesaieed QatarQatarTel: +974 477 9779Fax: +974 477 0347
Yara fertilizer RomaniaStr. Paris nr.2A, TimisoaraRomaniaTel: +40 256 294766Fax: +40 256 204861
Yara AB - Moscow BranchOffice 311, 313 1, Building 1, Yaroslavskoe Ave. 141001 Mytischi, Moscow RussiaRussiaTel: +7 495 232 42 57Fax: +7 495 232 42 58
ZAO YaraJanichkin projezd d.2, po Koteljniki-1, 140053 Moskovskaja oblastj RussiaRussiaTel: +7 095 5506 478Fax: +7 095 5506 727
ZAO Agropromchimija188880 Vyborg region, p. Cherkasovo RussiaRussiaTel: +7 81378 54700Fax: +7 81378 54750
ZAO YaraKrasnoselskoe shosse d. 14/28, office 312/313, 196603 St. Petersburg, g. Pushkin RussiaRussiaTel: +7 812 467 05 42Fax: +7 812 467 05 42
Yara Asia Pte. Ltd.1 HarbourFront Place #09-01/04 HarbourFront Tower One Singapore 098633 SingaporeTel: +65 6 309 5600Fax: +65 6 309 5648
Yara South Africa & Business Unit AfricaSecond floor, Block C The Pivot at Montecasino No. 1 Montecasino Boulevard Fourways, Johannesburg, South AfricaSouth AfricaTel: +27 (0)11 011 9230Fax: +27 (0)11 388 4459
KK Animal Nutrition (Pty) LtdUmbogintwini Ind Complex Moss Kolnik Drive, P.O. Box 449, Umbogintwini ZA 4120 South AfricaSouth AfricaTel: +27 31 910 5100Fax: +27 31 910 5172
Yara Iberian S.A.Infanta Mercedes st., 31, Second floor E-28020 Madrid SpainSpainTel: +34 91 42 63 500Fax: +34 91 745 18 48
Yara AB - LandskronaStorgatan 24 P.O. Box 516 S-26124 Landskrona SwedenSwedenTel: +46 418 76 100Fax: +46 418 17 225
Yara AB - KöpingP.O. Box 908 S-731 29 Köping SwedenSwedenTel: +46 22 12 78 00Fax: +46 22 12 79 80
Yara Helsingborg ABIndustrigatan 70, P.O. Box 900 SE-25109 Helsingborg SwedenSwedenTel: +46 42 171 050Fax: +46 42 171 620
Yara Balderton Ltd.125 Route de Chêne CH-1224 Chêne-Bougeries SwitzerlandSwitzerlandTel: +41 22 860 81 00Fax: +41 22 860 81 30
Yara IEC AGC/o Schild Treuhand AG Grafenauweg 8 Postfach 4763 CH-6304 Zug SwitzerlandSwitzerlandTel: +41 41 710 21 39Fax: +41 41 710 21 59
Yara Tanzania Chapa Meli (T) Ltd.86/87 Kiwalani Off Nyerere/Pugu Road Behind FK Motors Tanzania Mail: P.O. Box 40230 Dar es Salam TanzaniaTanzaniaTel: +255 22 286 29 58/68Fax: +255 22 286 29 88
Yara (Thailand) Ltd.Emporium Tower 21st Fl, Unit 21/4 622 Sukhumvit Road, Klongton, Klongtoey, Bangkok, ThailandThailandTel: +66 2 664 9498Fax: +66 2 664 7488
Yara Benelux B.VFertilizer Zevenmanshaven 107 NL-3133 CA Vlaardingen Postbus 81 NL-3130 AB Vlaardingen The Netherlands The NetherlandsTel: +31 10 4453 166Fax: +31 10 4453 160
Yara Benelux B.V.Zevenmanshaven 107 NL-3133 CA Vlaardingen Postbus 81 NL-3130 AB Vlaardingen The Netherlands The NetherlandsTel: +31 10 4453 166Fax: +31 10 4453 160
Yara Industrial B.V.Zevenmanshaven 107 3133 CA Vlaardingen P.O. Box 81 NL-3130 AB Vlaardingen Netherlands The NetherlandsTel: +31 10 232 2200Fax: +31 10 232 2250
Yara Gas BVCarbon Dioxide & Dry Ice Lorentzweg 35 3208 LJ Spijkenisse NetherlandsThe NetherlandsTel: +31 181 600 800Fax: +31 181 600 810
Yara Trinidad Ltd.Light Pole #887 Southern Main Road Savonetta Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and TobagoTel: +1 868 636 2020Fax: +1 868 636 2073
Trinidad Nitrogen Co., LimitedLight Pole #887 Southern Main Road Savonetta Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and TobagoTel: +1 868 636 2781Fax: +1 868 636 7091
LLC Yara UkraineChornomorska 1 04080 Kiev UkraineUkraineTel: +380 44 463 7012Fax: +380 44 463 7089
Yara UK LimitedHarvest House Europarc Grimsby N E Lincolnshire DN37 9TZ EnglandUnited KingdomTel: + 44 1472 889250Fax: + 44 1472 889251
Yara PocklingtonManor Place Wellington Road The Industrial Estate Pocklington York YO42 1DN United KingdomUnited KingdomTel: +44 1759 302545Fax: +44 1759 303650
Yara North America Inc.100 North Tampa Street Suite 3200 Tampa, FL33602 United StatesUnited StatesTel: +1 813 222 5700Fax: +1 813 875 5735
Yara Vietnam Ltd.Sailing Tower Unit 1104, 11th Floor 111A Pasteur Street, District 1 Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam VietnamTel: +848 3829 6869Fax: +848 3829 6866
Le Vang Trading ServicesSomerset Chancellor Court 21-23 Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Street, 5th Floor District 1 Ho Chi Minh City VietnamVietnamTel: +848 3829 6869Fax: +848 3827 9317
