Potash

Veolia will replace existing crystallisers at the plant with new HPD crystallisation technologies designed to extract high-quality potash fertilizer from the brines of the Dead Sea.

K+S is to be developed into a supplier of fertilizers and specialties. No sale of shares in the new Bethune potash plant in Canada is planned.

Regular operations have been discontinued while Nutrien investigates the incident.

A damage estimate has not been given and there were no reported injuries due to this incident.

The potash production and export company recorded a 1% increase in revenue compared to 2018, while its production volume decreased by 3%.

Infosys will help K+S become more sustainable by navigating them to a next generation hybrid cloud data centre.

Agrimin Ltd. has received a tax refund of AUS$1.9 million under the Research and Development (R&D) Tax Incentive programme in relation to R&D expenditure incurred for the Mackay potash project.

The Mosaic Company is to combine its potash and phosphates operations under one management team, effective 1 April 2020.

A drainable inferred mineral resource of 6 Mt SOP at 5080mg/l sulfate of potash (SOP) has been estimated based on results from Trigg’s exploration drilling, auger sampling and historical drill traverses.

The drilling, coring, and assay work has resulted in an overall increase in the Measured and Indicated Resource in the Vanguard Area in south-central Saskatchewan, Canada.

The company has now completed construction of 400 ha. of evaporation ponds and 35 km of brine abstraction trenches.

The total budgeted cost for the supply of electricity from the existing electrical infrastructure to the potash project is approximately US$10.6 million including a 10% contingency.

The company has announced results from the first year of operations at its pilot evaporation trial at the Mackay potash project project in Western Australia.

For 4Q19, Mosaic reported a net loss of US$921 million, and adjusted EBITDA of US$202 million.

Nutrien recorded a net loss from continuing operations of US$48 million in 4Q19.