Potash

Under the agreement, MPSC and an unnamed US-based agricultural company will provide US farmers with 650 000 tpy of ultra-high grade, white potash fertilizer.

The agreement is for the supply of 50 000 tpy of sulfate of potash produced from the Mackay Potash Project for sale and distribution in the US.

Tanami Road is a key section of Agrimin’s planned trucking route from the Mackay potash project to Wyndham Port.

Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan joined BCI Minerals’ Board, leadership team and stakeholders at the Pilbara project site on Friday 25 March, 100 km southwest of Karratha, to officially launch the construction milestone.

Chris Lawson, head of fertilizers at CRU Group, has said that demand destruction is increasingly likely due to high prices and supply shortfalls.

Trigg Mining has said that a 80 km long aquifer target has been defined at the Lake Yeo SOP project and substantial further upside identified at the Lake Throssell SOP project.

The testwork was completed by two different vendors under the direction of Primero Group, a subsidiary of NRW Holdings.

The hole is scheduled to be completed in early May and will be assayed for chemical composition immediately once core is withdrawn.

Nutrien plans to increase potash production capability to approximately 15 million t in 2022.

Brazil Potash Corp. has said that its executives have met with Brazilian Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina Dias in Ottawa, Canada, and discussed increasing from 2.44 million tonnes to over 5 million tpy the output from its Autazes project in the Amazon.

The country's agriculture ministry said the ban would help "to maintain balance in the domestic market" and applied to nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and complex fertilizers.

Brazil's Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina Dias has said that Brazil has secured the support of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay for a proposal excluding fertilizer products that will be submitted to the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization.

The company is developing a facility to harvest potash and food-grade salt near Evart, Michigan, and says that American farmers could replace Russian fertilizer imports with long-term domestic supply produced in Michigan within the next 3.5 years.

By 4Q22, with the expansion of its Plant 2 facility, Verde expects to have raised its overall production capacity to 3 million tpy, becoming Brazil’s largest potash producer.

Core assay results from OHM-02 are expected to be received in approximately 4 weeks.