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Resource-efficient and environmentally friendly sulphur grinding plants

In recent months, changes on the global market for crude oil and natural gas have contributed to sulphur processing becoming a more than profitable business sideline. Whereas the raw sulphur price totalled 700 US$/t up to a few months ago and grinding sulphur did not pay off, the price is currently around 20 US$/t. That makes sulphur grinding lucrative again. Moreover ground sulphur obtains an around 50-% higher market price than raw sulphur, making it profitable for companies to invest in their own sulphur grinding plant. In addition, comes the ever stronger demand for sulphur-containing...

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