Potash Top Stories

CHART: China’s Belt and Road mining investment hits record

China’s overseas investment in metals and mining as part of its Belt and Road Initiative surged by 158% last year, hitting $19.4 billion with energy transition metals the main focus.

Frik Els | February 20, 2024 | 9:57 am

Australian Potash exits administration

The Western Australia-based junior is now is working towards resumption…

Staff Writer | February 2, 2024 | 5:41 am

Activists, Hollywood take down top 50 mining company

The ranks of the most valuable mining companies in the…

Frik Els | January 31, 2024 | 8:31 am

Danakali goes after new project as “vultures” on the prowl

It warned of “predatory activity” by unidentified groups offering investors…

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 19, 2024 | 3:56 am

Nutrien fined for workplace injury at Saskatchewan site

On September 20, 2021, a worker stepped into an uncovered…

Staff Writer | January 3, 2024 | 12:59 pm

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