Potash

The International Finance Corp. (IFC) is to support Fertiplant East Africa Ltd’s construction of a US$10 million fertilizer plant in Nakuru County, Kenya.

Altius Minerals Corp. has announced it has appointed Guy Bentinck to its Board of Directors.

Encanto Potash Corp. has announced the appointment of UN Goodwill Ambassador, Didier Drogba, to its Board of Directors.

Canadian Pacific has celebrated the grand opening of the Bethune (previously Legacy) Project mine site.

Kalium Lakes Ltd (KLL) has provided an update on the Beyondie Sulfate of Potash project in Western Australia.

PhosAgro has announced its operational results for 1Q17.

K+S has celebrated the opening of the new potash mine in Canada with guests including the Honourable Brad Wall, Premier of Saskatchewan.

Gensource Potash Corp. has released the strategy for the development of multiple potash production facilities, each of which is directed to a specific market.

Potash Ridge Corp. has released an update to the independent NI 43-101 Prefeasibility Technical Report for the company’s Blawn Mountain Project in Utah.

The directors of Salt Lake Potash has reported that a number of recent exploration licence applications took its total holdings in the Goldfields mining district in Western Australia to a total of 9 complete or partial salt lake playas.

Agrium Inc. successfully commissions its new urea plant at the Borger Nitrogen Operations facility in Texas, US.

The Chinese Ministry of Commerce has approved ChemChina’s US$43 billion takeover of Syngenta.

EuroChem Group AG has selected Veolia Water Technologies’ proven HPD® crystallisation technology for its VolgaKaliy Mine Expansion project in Russia’s Volgograd region.

North American fertilizer producer Potash Ridge Corp. appoints Petra Decher as Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary.

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