Articles Tagged "industrial"

Potash’s perfect storm tempered by recession

By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Potash Investing News In 2007 and 2008, a perfect storm of events led to record high fertilizer prices. The rapidly expanding world economy in these two years led to an increase in worldwide grain production. Expanding grain production increased demand for fertilizer. Record natural gas prices ushered in record high [...]

Potash Corp. Strike Impacts Industrial Potash Output

Potash Corp. reported that strikes at two Canadian mines have affected output of industrial potash, which accounts for 5 percent of the company’s sales. Company spokesperson Bill Johnson was quoted as saying: All of the company’s industrial, or white, potash is produced at the Cory and Allan mines, two of three operations affected by strikes. For [...]