Articles Tagged "contract"

Stockpiles weighing on Potash Prices

By Leia Michele Toovey-Exclusive to Potash Investing News North American potash producers believe the potash market is due for a rebound after a dismal 2009, but analysts claim that potash prices will be sluggish to rebound in 2010. Last month, Belarusian Potash Company reached a deal to sell about one million tonnes of potash to [...]

China to seek lower Potash Prices

By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Potash Investing News China, the world’s largest consumer of potash, will reportedly seek lower prices for the fertilizer component just weeks after the ink dried on the contract between India and International Potash Company (IPC), the marketing arm of Russia’s biggest potash producer, for $460 per tonne. As reported [...]

Potash miners announce further cutbacks

By Leia Michele Toovey-Exclusive to Potash Investing News Slow demand, and high inventories have prompted potash producers to issue further output cuts. Late Tuesday, Potash Corp of Saskatchewan ( NYSE: POT), the world’s largest potash producer, said that it will reduce its potash output because of low demand; the following day, producer K+S Ag announced [...]

Potash may hit spot market for China Sales

Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan POT-T declared that it may resort to selling fertilizer to China on the spot market instead of negotiating a long-term contract if the two sides can’t renew a three-year supply deal that expires soon. For full story, click here

China’s drought may catapult potash demand

By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Potash Investing News It is no mistake that the US led the world into the current economic crisis.  The power to lead the world out rests in the hands of the Asian economies, especially China. Chinese demand is a major driving force; it has the ability to push the [...]