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Russia lodged the case in May 2015, saying that Ukraine had been wrong not to use reported gas prices of Russian producers in determining the appropriate price for ammonium nitrate.
The shutdowns are at the company's Allan, Lanigan and Vanscoy potash mines in Saskatchewan, Canada.
The company also intends to repurchase US$250 million of stocks.
Highfield is to provide Ameropa up to 250 000 tpy of muriate of potash (MOP) from its Muga potash mine in Spain.
Hayden Locke, CEO, said that the completion of metallurgical testing at the company's Khemisset potash project in Morocco earlier this year was a "significant de-risking milestone" for Emmerson.
The industrial unit is expected to have a production capacity of approximately 1 million t upon completion.
The agreement allows the company to continue to optimise its logistics and port options for the Lake Wells Sulphate of Potash Project.
The two phosphate mines in Brazil were idled in April after the company was unable to obtain a deadline extension for providing stability certification for three of its tailings dams.
Weaker global demand and falling prices were cited by Ivan Golovaty, chief executive at state-owned miner Belaruskali, for reducing production.
The world-scale methanol plant will be located near the major Russian seaport Nakhodka in the Primorsky region with an intent to export its products to the Asia-Pacific Region.
Major Project Status is the Australian Government's formal recognition of the national strategic significance of a project, through its contribution to economic growth, employment, or contribution to regional Australia.
The MoU was signed on the sidelines of the ongoing African Green Revolution Forum in Accra, Republic of Ghana.