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ICL FERTILIZERS - ONE OF THE MOST INTEGRATED FERTILIZER COMPANIES IN THE WORLD
ICL Fertilizers is one of the world’s largest producers of potash and an integrated producer of a variety of products based on phosphate rock, including phosphate fertilizers, phosphoric acid, specialty fertilizers and feed phosphates.
ICL Fertilizers is utilizing its access to abundant, low-cost potash reserves and virtually unlimited open-air stockpiling capacity at the Dead Sea to expand its capacity.
ICL Fertilizers also operates Mifalei Tovala, one of Israel’s largest inland transportation companies.
Production of potash by ICL Fertilizers and Competitors in 2008
* Production in thousands of mt kcl
ICL Fertilizers at a Glance
- 2009 Revenues: $2.1 billion (including ~$192.9 million in internal sales)
- % of ICL Revenues: 43% (external sales)
- Operating Income: $723.1 million Revenues by product segments (external sales): 65% potash; 35% fertilizers and phosphates
- Market Leader: 6th largest potash producer in the world and largest producer of PK Fertilizers worldwide and the largest in Europe.
- Major Markets: Europe, Brazil, India, China and Israel
Products
- Potash: 4.1 million tons produced in 2009.
- Phosphate rock: 2.7 million tons produced in 2009, ~73% used in the manufacture of phosphate fertilizers and phosphoric acid
- Phosphoric acid (fertilizer grade - P2O5)
- PK fertilizers (compound potash and phosphate fertilizers)
- Liquid and fully soluble fertilizers (MKP and others)
- Animal Feed additives
Competitive Position
ICL Fertilizers’ competitive edge derives from several factors:
- Access to abundant, low-cost potash reserves and virtually unlimited open-air stockpiling capacity at Israel’s Dead Sea
- Significant unused phosphate rock production capacity
- Location of most production sites close to seaports
- Well positioned with respect to accessibility to markets in both the West and the East, resulting in lower freight costs and shorter delivery times
- Synergies in production processes with a high utilization of by-products
- Global logistics and customer service capabilities for end-users on five continents
- Extensive and well-balanced range of products
Environmental Activities
Environmental protection is integrated into ICL Fertilizers’ business strategy and forms an integral part of its sustainable development policy.
During 2009, ICL Fertilizers invested a total of $20 million in the acquisition of property, plant and equipment for prevention of environmental hazards, which amount will rise to $34 million in 2010.
All of the segment companies in Israel operate in accordance with Israeli standard ISO 14001 for the management of environmental systems, and regularly perform internal and external systems checks.
Below is a partial list of environmental activities conducted by ICL Fertilizers during the past year:
- Pursuing multi-year master plan in Israel to reduce point emissions into the atmosphere, and in Spain to restore salt piles while paying close attention to the issue of wastewater drainage and handling of sludge;
- Selecting technology and commencing construction of a project for tertiary treatment of sanitary effluent at Dead Sea Works, together with Israel’s Ministry for the Environment;
- Implementing a waste water project at the Rotem site with the principal aims of reducing effluent quantities, recycling waste water, reducing water consumption and treatment of waste water at the start of the flow. During 2009, the amount of effluent at the Rotem site was reduced by approximately 11.5% compared with the previous year. Since 2005, when the project began, the quantity of effluents has been reduced by about 57%;
- Continued implementation of a master plan for methods of collecting liquid hazardous substances at Rotem.
Lowest Cost Potash Producer at Dead Sea
Source: CRU British Sulphur Consultants Division (2007), ICL Estimates.