Handout - K+S Aktiengesellschaft

Potash and Magnesium Products
Key Drivers of the Fertilizer Business
• Despite decreasing availability of arable farm land, global production of agricultural products
has to be increased:
• steadily increasing world population
• changing diets toward higher meat consumption (e.g. 1 kg beef = 8 kg animal feed)
• increasing importance of renewable raw materials for the production of bio energy
• Fertilizing with the key nutrients nitrogen (N), phosphate (P)
and potash (K), but also increasingly magnesium (Mg) and sulphur (S)
is necessary to cope with this challenge
• Nutrients cannot be substituted and a balanced fertilization of all nutrients is
necessary to achieve optimal yields. Emerging countries, in particular, should
significantly increase the potash proportion of their total fertilizer application
• Medium- and long-term increase in global fertilizer consumption (N, P and K)
of 2% to 3% p.a. is expected (Source: IFA)
Advantage:
K+S offers its worldwide customers important nutrients
in a market-oriented specialised product range
January 2013 K+S Group 12