
First ship carrying potash from Bethune mine en route to customers
K+S has announced that the first ship carrying potash fertilizers from the Bethune mine in Saskatchewan, Canada, has departed and is en route to customers in Asia.
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K+S has announced that the first ship carrying potash fertilizers from the Bethune mine in Saskatchewan, Canada, has departed and is en route to customers in Asia.

Andrej Babis, the leader of the Czech Republic’s ANO, has won the country’s national election.

According to Reuters, Brazil’s Agricultural Ministry has signed an agreement for a system that will speed up imports of products used in agriculture through the Port of Santos.

The Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada has launched the Exploration Assessment Digital Data Formats guidelines – a practice that it expects will improve discovery rates of mineral exploration in Canada.

Saudi Arabian Mining Co. (Ma’aden) has announced that it has signed a phosphate fertilizer supply contract with Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corp.

Gensource Potash Corp. has provided an update on its continuing efforts to expand on the resource confirmation work completed to date at its Vanguard property in central Saskatchewan, Canada.

PJSC Metafrax and Casale have signed a contract for the engineering, equipment supply and construction management of a large chemical complex to be implemented in Gubakha, Russia.

Agrium Inc. and Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. have announced that their proposed merger of equals transaction has been approved by India.

Yara International ASA has released its results for 3Q17, reporting weaker results compared to 3Q16.

According to Bloomberg, the Indian state-run gas utility GAIL India Ltd is planning to use US-imported LNG to restart three idled fertilizer plants.

LSB Industries Inc. has announced that the ammonia plant at its chemical facility in El Dorado, Arkansas, US, was taken out of service on 3 October 2017 in order for mechanical repair work to be carried out.

Nexans has announced that it has secured an eight-year contract to provide power cable and support services for the Mosaic K3 potash mine in Canada.