Cargill Uruguay fertilizer plant opens with 12,000 t storage to strengthen key blending hub

Cargill has opened a new fertilizer plant at its Nueva Palmira operation in Colonia, Uruguay, adding storage, blending and dispatch capacity at one of the country’s main river-port hubs. The Cargill Uruguay fertilizer plant has static storage of 10,000 tonnes plus a 2,000-tonne cell, for 12,000 tonnes in total, according to ComexLatam.

The facility uses Dutch technology and five hoppers that let it handle several products at once. It can add micronutrients and apply coatings to fertilizers that need them, which the company says improves blend uniformity and cuts dispatch times during tight seasonal windows.

Cargill built the plant around three goals: deepening its safety culture, expanding operating capacity to keep pace with the sector, and raising product and service quality. Gabriel Di Giovannantonio, president of Cargill Uruguay, framed the investment as part of a long-term commitment to the country’s producers. Cargill has not disclosed the investment amount.

Felipe González, who leads Cargill’s fertilizer business in Uruguay, said the company holds about 20% of a national market that moves roughly 1 million tonnes a year. Further expansions are planned at its Miryn, Montevideo and Nueva Palmira sites.

The move adds to a wave of Southern Cone crop-input investment, following Mosaic’s first Latin American biological launch in neighboring Paraguay.

Source: World Fertilizer

Key facts about the Cargill Uruguay fertilizer plant