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2008 IFA Technical Symposium
Food, Fuel and Climate Change: Challenges for the Fertilizer Industry
Sao Paulo, Brazil, 10-14 March 2008

All the papers are given in PDF format. A CD-rom containing all these documents is also available on request to the IFA Secretariat.  

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Opening Session: Food, Fuel and Climate Change: Challenges for the Fertilizer Industry

• Overview of the Brazilian ethanol market
  Marcos Jank, UNICA (Sao Paulo Sugar Cane Agro-industry Union), Brazil
• Brazilian agro-energy developments
  José Zilio, ALF International Inc., Brazil
• European biofuel developments
  Christian Pallière, EFMA
• Second generation bio-ethanol technology
  Klaus Henrik Jørgensen, BioGasol, Denmark

Plenary Session 1: Technology and Sustainability

• Fertilizers, biomass and CO₂ emissions
  Frank Brentrup, Yara GmbH & Co. KG, Germany
• Carbon Dioxide Recovery (CDR) project at GPIC
  Fadhel Al-Ansari, GPIC, Bahrain
• Worst case scenario or no-risk option? Managing fertilizer safety and security in Canada
  David Finlayson, CFI, Canada
• Sulphur-Enhanced Fertilizers (SEF): A new generation of N, P and S fertilizers
  Graeme Blair, Shell Sulphur Solutions, Shell Canada Energy

Plenary Session 2: Technology and Sustainability

• SHE innovations in urea production technology
  Stephen Zwart, Stamicarbon B.V., The Netherlands
• Opportunities with sulphur fertilizers
  Kent Lambden, Omni Sulphur, USA
• Hydrogen peroxide NOx abatement for low temperature nitric acid plant tail gases
  Amiad Alexandron, Haifa Chemicals Ltd., Israel
• EnviNOx: Process for N₂O and NOx abatement in nitric acid plants - Experience and best available technique
  Michael Groves, Uhde GmbH, Germany

Parallel Session 1: Production Technologies - Nitrogen

• Innovative ammonia emission reduction scheme for urea granulation plants
  Matthias Potthoff, Uhde Fertilizer Technology B.V., The Netherlands
• Toyo’s ACES21: Advanced urea production technology
  Eiji Sakata, Toyo Engineering Corporation, Japan

Parallel Session 1: Production Technologies - Phosphate

• Effect of inorganic modifiers on PA dihydrate slurry filtration at high reaction temperature (90°C)
  Karim Halaseh, JPMC, Jordan
• Beneficiation of low grade phosphate ores (behaviour of ores from two Middle East resources)
  Arafat D.S. Ghosheh, Ma’aden, Saudi Arabia

Parallel Session 2: Production Technologies - Nitrogen

• Commissioning of a new GPN 1500 MTPD nitric acid plant
  Jean-François Granger, GPN, France
• First urea granulation plant in Brazil
  Renato Pereira Da Silva, Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.-Petrobras, Brazil

Parallel Session 2: Production Technologies - Phosphate

• Tackling fluorine in phosphoric acid plants
  Benoît Van Massenhove, Prayon Technologies, Belgium
• Good phosphate rock from low quality ore
  Rinaldo Pedro Nardi, CVRD (Vale), Brazil

Plenary Session 3: Technology and Sustainability

• Safe execution of turnarounds – GPIC experience
  Yasser A Rahim, Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company, Bahrain
• SHE management, the best practices during turn around
  Abdulrahman Al-Zuraig, SAFCO, Saudi Arabia
• A joint venture between Brazil and Morocco for phosphate fertilizer supply
  Paul Smith, Bunge Fertilizantes S.A., Brazil
• Safety, health and environment risk management on fertilizer sites
  Vladimir Lvov, MCC-Eurochem, Russia

Plenary Session 4: Technology and Sustainability

• SHE management, the best practices during turn around
  Abdulrahman Al-Zuraig, SAFCO, Saudi Arabia
• A joint venture between Brazil and Morocco for phosphate fertilizer supply
  Paul Smith, Bunge Fertilizantes S.A., Brazil
• Safety, health and environment risk management on fertilizer sites
  Vladimir Lvov, MCC-Eurochem, Russia

Closing Session

• Product stewardship for Yara in Brazil
  Jan Chys, Yara S.A., Belgium
• Mosaic Brazil: EHS successful story
  Renato Tavares de Souza, Mosaic Fertilizantes do Brasil S.A.