Reporter - Ammonia - London, United Kingdom - Argus Media

Argus Media

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Description

Reporter -

Ammonia

Location:
London, UK

About Argus

Argus is an independent media organisation with 1,300 staff, we are one of the world's largest companies providing news, analysis and price information to commodities and energy markets.

We report first-hand on what's happening globally in the energy space - from hydrogen to coal, crude oil to green ammonia, carbon markets to wind farms.

And we do the same for economically vital markets in agriculture, fertilizers, metals and chemicals.

We employ almost 500 journalists worldwide and have 29 offices in Europe, Russia, the Middle East, Africa, South Asia, China, Japan, Singapore and North and South America.

Companies in 140 countries around the world use Argus data to index physical trade and as benchmarks in financial derivative markets as well as for analysis and planning purposes.

Argus was founded in 1970 and is a privately held UK-registered company.

It is owned by employee shareholders, global growth equity firm General Atlantic and Hg, the specialist software and technology services investor.

Argus Media is committed to ensuring career and personal growth for all its staff and provides extensive training and career development opportunities, as well as participation in employee-led initiatives, including a women's network.

Our core values are Excellence, Integrity, Partnership and Inclusivity.

What we're looking for

As we continue to develop and grow our global fertilizer market pricing team, we are looking for a passionate and driven reporter to join our team.

You will initially be focusing on the global ammonia market (a key raw material for both nitrogen and phosphate fertilizer production), covering price developments, deals/sales, sales and purchase tenders as well as key policy and country-specific market developments.

There will also be the opportunity to cover key news and developments around the rapidly evolving clean ammonia markets.

Why

F

ertilizers?
The global
_chemical_ fertilizer market, contrary to popular misconception is fascinating.

The development of the market is vitally important in terms of boosting crop yields and feeding an expanding global population.

Argus covers both global markets for the three primary nutrients (nitrogen, phosphates and potash) as well as compound NPKs and raw materials sulphur, sulphuric acid and ammonia.

It also publishes regional reports for Brazil, North America, Europe and now Africa.

Fertilizers are vital to agricultural development. They are also vital to Argus' bottom line. Global fertilizer trade is substantial at nearly 150mn t nitrogen, phosphates and potash.

In a competitive marketplace, Argus has invested heavily in its editorial resources. Our team is truly global, with editors/reporters located in London, Asia, North America, Latin America and Russia. This provides unrivalled granular coverage of local markets and implications at the global level.

This is not a dry market. Moreover, wider geopolitical issues have a profound effect on demand and supply.

It is the reporter's job to report not just deals, sales and prices, but to explain the effect of wider issues such as government agricultural and fertilizer policies, local subsidy, trade policy and upstream and downstream market developments.

As part of a small team you will help in weekly and daily price assessments in the international market and write daily market commentaries and news as well as contribute to the weekly and daily ammonia reports.

Being part of a small team also means there will be cross-training and plenty of opportunity to gain experience of other fertilizer markets, along with the opportunity to learn from our experienced Reporters/Editors - the Argus editorial team has expanded from a core nucleus of highly experienced editors following the acquisition of FMB in 2011 which already boasted over 30 years of industry expertise and an unrivalled reputation for accurate market reporting and analysis.

K

ey Responsibilities

Monitor and assess markets to produce weekly and daily price assessments, market commentaries, news and reports
Daily contact with producers, traders and buyers and other key market sources to build relationships, gather market intelligence
Develop twoway relationships with contacts and share market intelligence
Become a recognised industry expert
Eventually cover for the editor during periods of absence/holiday
Contribute copy to relevant daily news stories and weekly publications and the online news service
Attend meetings, conferences and industry events to build contacts, report on news and represent Argus Media externally.

S

kills and

E

xperience

A graduate with a strong degree
Proven ability to develop, source and write industryrelevant news to deadline is preferred
Knowledge of the fertilizer/agricultural sectors useful but not essential
Excellent written, grammatical and numeracy skills (th