Brazil Potash presses on with sensitive Amazon project

Legal challenges are mounting to the miner's plans for extracting the fertilizer ingredient from beneath the Amazon rainforest.

Reuters | April 10, 2023 | 7:40 am

Danakali sells stake in flagship Colluli potash project in Eritrea

Buyers Sichuan Road and Bridge Group have paid $105 million. A second instalment of $16 million is expected within the next six months

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 31, 2023 | 6:20 am

Nutrien CEO says fertilizer supply to stay tight in 2023

Shipments out of major exporters Belarus and Russia are still at least partially constrained.

Bloomberg News | March 29, 2023 | 8:11 am

BHP inks $188m contracts with First Nations at Jansen potash project in Saskatchewan

The three and a half year contracts will support more than 400 local jobs with over 50% planned to be Indigenous.

Staff Writer | March 10, 2023 | 11:33 am

Three workers die in Spanish potash mine collapse

Two of the dead were students at the Polytechnical University of Catalonia.

Reuters | March 9, 2023 | 7:44 am

Phosphorus can be produced in an environmentally friendly way – study

Researchers have reduced the overall carbon footprint for generating white phosphorus by about 50%.

Staff Writer | March 9, 2023 | 5:29 am

Mosaic misses quarterly profit estimate amid lower demand for fertilizers

Although prices of fertilizers decreased towards the end of last year, it did not boost demand as farmers waited for pricing trends to stabilize.

Reuters | February 23, 2023 | 8:44 am

Anglo American takes $1.7bn writedown on British fertilizer mine

The miner estimates it will spend $1bn per year to bring Woodsmith into production by 2027, both a higher cost and longer timeframe than previously expected.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 23, 2023 | 6:09 am

Energy traders, flush with cash, are moving into crops and metals

After making more money than ever in the last few years, some of the world’s top energy traders are using the cash to expand in metals and agriculture.

Bloomberg News | February 21, 2023 | 3:37 pm

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Zinc-copper catalyst proposed for cleaner, more efficient fertilizer production

Brazil Potash project in the Amazon faces headwinds

Argentine potash mine finalizes selection of $1bn investor

BHP speeds up Jansen project in Saskatchewan despite falling potash prices

Mosaic CEO James O’Rourke to step down at year-end

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