Have Potash Prices Hit Bottom?
After watching potash contract and spot prices fall through much of 2012, producers believe prices will not drop any further.
After watching potash contract and spot prices fall through much of 2012, producers believe prices will not drop any further.
With potash contract prices dropping to the lowest level seen in years, the potash sector does not appear ready to rebound just yet.
The Financial Express reported that India is not likely to secure any potash contracts until September 2012.
Rumours are spreading that a state-owned Chinese company may come forward with a purchase offer for Belarus’ prized asset, potash miner Belaruskali.
While grain prices have been experiencing volatility in the aftermath of Japan’s earthquake; potash prices have yet to feel the effects.
Potash’s value was hard hit by the economic downturn as investors abandoned agricultural commodities. The recovery for the crop nutrient has recently been underway; and with spring planting in the northern hemisphere just around the corner- things are bound to heat up.
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 [...]
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Potash Investing News Potash producers are confident that the bottom has been hit; and 2010 will be a year of gradual improvement. Potash prices more than halved in 2009 as the effects of the recession rippled through the agriculture industry. Grain and food prices collapsed, and farmers in developing [...]
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 [...]
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