By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Potash Investing News After weathering a tumultuous 2009; potash producers are holding their breath in anticipation of a better 2010. Analysts are confident that producers will get what they desire; predicting demand for potash will bounce back this year as purchasers return to the market. The recent drawdown in [...]
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Thursday, February 4, 2010
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Potash Investing News In anticipation that its 2010 potash sales will increase by 50 per cent, Russian based Belarusian Potash Co (BPC) has hiked the price it charges for the nutrient. BPC customers in Brazil and Asia can expect to pay $410 per tonne of standard grade potash, up [...]
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Thursday, June 4, 2009
Allana Resources (CVE:AAA) annouced today that Stephen Halabura has joined AAA’s Advisory Board. Halabura’s North Rim Exploration is a geosciences and mining engineering consulting company that has provided consulting to BHP Billiton (NYSE:BHP), Potash One (TSE:KCL), Athabasca Potash (TSE:API) and others. Allana’s President and CEO, Farhad Abasov is quoted as saying: Mr. Halabura is one of [...]
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009
By Leia Michele Toovey-Exclusive to Potash Investing News As the recession spread across the globe, the value of crops plummeted and equity froze, forcing farmers into delaying applications of much needed fertilizer to their fields. This postponement has set the stage for the potash industry to boom. Farmers may skip using potash fertilizer for [...]
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Potash Investing News Sluggish demand world-wide due to the global financial squeeze has left potash stockpiles at all-time highs as potash miners fail to adequately adjust prices. Farmers, especially those finding it hard to get bank financing, may not be buying as much costly fertilizer as they face lower [...]
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Thursday, April 2, 2009
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Potash Investing News Rumours of BHP Billiton’s interest in acquiring a major potash company just won’t go away, as JP Morgan picked up on the theme on Tuesday. Speculation mounted that the world’s largest miner was preparing for a large acquisition after the company raised more than US $6 billion [...]
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Thursday, March 19, 2009
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Potash Investing News According to the latest data form the Fertilizer Institute, potash inventories at North American producers are 42 per cent higher than the previous five-year average. North American potash shipments in the month of February were down 80 per cent from the same month period a year [...]
Continue reading "Steady potash stockpiles fuel production cuts"
Sunday, March 8, 2009
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Potash Investing News Potash miners have been accused of collusion; due to the fact that the big market players have formed a “silent agreement” in which they swiftly and jointly cut output to stabilize prices. This strategy has been met with mixed opinions. The companies say they are simply [...]
Continue reading "Robust potash sector leaves cash on hand for acquisitions"
Monday, February 23, 2009
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 [...]
Continue reading "China’s drought may catapult potash demand"
Thursday, January 22, 2009
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 [...]
Continue reading "Potash’s perfect storm tempered by recession"
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