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Fertecon | S&P Global Commodity Insights, Principal Analyst – Phosphates and Potash

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Alberto works as Principal Analyst for Phosphates and Potash at Fertecon, the fertilizer analysis arm of S&P Global Commodity Insights.  He started working as a fertilizer market analyst since 2010, working at S&P Global Commodity Insights since November 2015 after a few years at CRU. His main area of focus has been phosphates – including upstream (rock, acid, elemental) and downstream (fertilizers, feed, food, industrial) industries. Over the years he has been involved in a series of cross-commodity developments, such as demand forecasting, cost estimation, price forecasting methodologies. Recently, Alberto has developed new indexes for assisting in low-carbon ammonia price analysis and new databases and analysis on nutrient recycling and sustainable fertilizing practices. Before CRU, Alberto worked at FEEM, an environmental economics research foundation. Alberto holds two MSc Economics titles, from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice.

Company website: https://www.spglobal.com/commodityinsights/