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Mr John Watson, AM, Chairman of Incitec Pivot Limited (ASX:IPL), today announced the appointment of James Fazzino as Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer.
Announcement of the permanent closure of the Cockle
Creek fertiliser plant to enable site remediation.
Plans for clean-up of Cockle Creek industrial site
The restart of work on the Moranbah ammonium nitrate project is bringing new business activity and new faces to the region.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's conclusion that fertiliser price rises in Australia are mainly a result of global supply and demand will be reassuring to farmers, said chemicals manufacturer Incitec Pivot Limited.
Incitec Pivot Limited (ASX: IPL) today approved the construction of an ammonium nitrate (AN) manufacturing complex at Moranbah in Central Queensland.
Half Year Results
Recommended offer for Dyno Nobel
Incitec Pivot Limited (IPL) today announced that it has entered into a Scheme Implementation Agreement with Dyno Nobel Limited (Dyno Nobel) under which IPL proposes to acquire all of the shares in Dyno Nobel which it does not already own (the IPL Scheme).
Rural communities have embraced a program to increase awareness of depression and how it can be treated.
Incitec Pivot Limited (ASX: IPL) announces that it has acquired a 13% strategic stake in Dyno Nobel
Incitec Pivot Limited (IPL) announced today that it intends to investigate the feasibility of a project to boost the output of three fertiliser plants in Indonesia which are currently producing well below capacity because of a lack of gas feedstock.
Fertiliser company Incitec Pivot Limited will reduce its fresh water intake by one million litres a day through a $1 million desalination unit it commissioned today at its Brisbane plant.
Half Year Results
Four community forums in Tasmania this week marked the halfway point in the joint Incitec Pivot/beyondblue campaign to increase awareness of depression in rural areas and promote the availability of support services
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Beyondblue the national depression initiative and leading agribusiness Incitec Pivot have formed a partnership to address depression in drought-affected areas.
Fertiliser company Incitec Pivot Limited has reported increased profitability for 2005/06, largely as a result of the success of the first phase of an ongoing cost-reduction and efficiency program coupled with improved manufacturing performance.
The breakthrough to create a single-pass 'weed and feed' crop treatment will bring welcome savings to farmers, according to fertiliser manufacturer and trader Incitec Pivot.
The purchase by Incitec Pivot Limited (IPL) of Southern Cross Fertilisers Pty Limited (SCF) from Biliton (BHPB) was completed today, 1 August 2006.
Incitec Pivot Limited shareholders today voted to approve the buy-back of Orica's remaining 13.5 per cent shareholding in the fertiliser company at $21 per share. The transaction, which will be fully debt funded, will cost Incitec Pivot $165 million and will reduce the number of shares on issue from 58.3 million to 50.4 million.
Incitec Pivot Limited today announced that it had agreed to purchase Southern Cross Fertilisers, Australia's only producer of ammonium phosphate fertilisers, from BHP Billiton for $165 million.
Fertiliser supplier Incitec Pivot Limited today reported a disappointing financial result for its 2005 financial year, but indicated a major restructure had produced significant ongoing cost savings.
Incitec Pivot Limited has advised that earnings for the year ending 30 September 2005 will be adversely impacted as a result of continued unfavourable weather conditions.
Incitec Pivot Limited has advised that earnings for the year ending 30 September 2005 will be adversely impacted as a result of continued unfavourable weather conditions.
Incitec Pivot Limited today announced the appointment of Julian Segal as Managing Director and CEO of the listed fertiliser company.
Incitec Pivot Limited has reported a net profit after tax of $12.4 million including significant items for the half-year ended 31 March 2005, compared with $16.6 million in the first half of the 2004 financial year.
Incitec Pivot Limited today announced plans to close its Cockle Creek fertiliser manufacturing operations at Boolaroo, near Newcastle, by September 2009 to allow remediation and development of the long-standing industrial site.
Australian motor sport legend Peter Brock today (Wed 23 Feb 05) launched a training program for young drivers in farming communities.
Successfully merged agribusiness Incitec Pivot Limited has made a solid start in its first full reporting year by recording a net profit after tax (NPAT) of $80.9 million excluding significant items.
Australian fertiliser company Incitec Pivot Limited announced today that it is part of an international consortium selected to complete a detailed feasibility study into the construction of an ammonia/urea manufacturing complex in Brunei.
Incitec Pivot Limited today signed 10-year natural gas supply and transport agreements that secure the long-term future of its fertiliser manufacturing plants at Gibson Island in Brisbane.
Fertiliser supplier Incitec Pivot has joined university and Victorian government scientists and grower organisations in a $2.5 million research program aimed at more cost-effective and environment friendly use of nutrients on Australian grain crops.
Capital improvements at Incitec Pivot's fertiliser blending and distribution centre at Kooragang Island will deliver benefits to farmers across New South Wales
Farmers have been warned to expect further increases in the price of urea fertiliser following a lift in international demand and escalating shipping rates.
Listed agribusiness Incitec Pivot Limited has reported a strong half-year performance which has confirmed the benefits of the merger last year between Incitec Fertilizers Ltd and Pivot Limited.
Substitutes for ammonium nitrate Incitec Pivot has embarked on a comprehensive program to inform growers of effective substitutes for ammonium nitrate fertilisers.
Australia's largest supplier of nutrients to agriculture has welcomed moves to tighten regulations for the sale and storage of fertiliser-grade ammonium nitrate on security grounds.
Incitec Pivot is advising farmers that alternative nitrogen fertilisers can be used as effective replacements for the 'straight' ammonium nitrate (AN) products the company has withdrawn from the market.
Fertiliser production by Incitec Pivot Limited has not been affected by the disruption to gas supplies
The newly merged Incitec Pivot Limited fertiliser business made a sound start in difficult trading conditions, the Managing Director and CEO, Greg Witcombe, said in Melbourne today.
