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Recently, two European fertilizer manufacturers have faced difficulties and successively announced the suspension of production. According to foreign media reports, on January 13, the Romanian fertilizer producer Azomures ceased its production activities. Previously, the country’s state-owned natural gas company Romgaz attempted to acquire Azomures, but the related process has remained stalled. Azomures will temporarily lay off 600 employees and suspend maintenance work on all critical equipment. However, once the conditions are deemed “economically viable,” the production facilities can be restarted at any time. Since August 2024, Azomures has not produced fertilizers on a large scale again, with only small-scale production taking place in the second half of last year. The company is currently owned by the Swiss trading firm Ameropa and has the capacity to produce 1.6 million tons of compound fertilizers and nitrogen fertilizers per year. At full capacity, about 1 billion cubic meters of natural gas are consumed each year. Romgaz first expressed interest in acquiring Azomures last February. However, as Romgaz failed to submit a specific acquisition offer and timeline, negotiations between the two parties reached a deadlock. According to the latest news, Romgaz is currently in negotiations with Azomures and has sent a letter to the latter outlining the price range for the acquisition. Swedish company Cinis is considering filing for bankruptcy. On January 9, the Swedish potassium sulfate producer Cinis announced that it might have to initiate bankruptcy proceedings unless it can reach a short-term financing agreement with its lenders. Cinis said it is in a \"financial difficulty\" and is currently in talks with financial institutions to secure short-term credit support. One of the solutions currently under consideration is to restructure the company’s equity and financing structure. At the same time, the possibility of carrying out an orderly liquidation of the company and selling its key assets is also being explored. Cinis obtains raw materials from the paper industry and the automotive battery industry to produce SOP products. In May 2024, the company’s plant with an annual production capacity of 100,000 tons in Örnköldsvik, Sweden, came online. In September of the same year, the first batch of products was delivered to the Dutch specialty fertilizer manufacturer Van Iperen. But since then, Cinis has been facing various challenges. In 2024, it failed to meet its production targets due to production disruptions and transportation issues ； In April 2025, the company sought financial support to increase production and upgrade its factory ； In October, the company abandoned its original production targets and applied for financial assistance again, eventually suspending production activities in November.