April 10, 2023 Brazil Potash presses on with sensitive Amazon project Legal challenges are mounting to the miner's plans for extracting the fertilizer ingredient from beneath the Amazon rainforest.
March 31, 2023 Danakali sells stake in flagship Colluli potash project in Eritrea Buyers Sichuan Road and Bridge Group have paid $105 million. A second instalment of $16 million is expected within the next six months
March 29, 2023 Nutrien CEO says fertilizer supply to stay tight in 2023 Shipments out of major exporters Belarus and Russia are still at least partially constrained.
March 10, 2023 BHP inks $188m contracts with First Nations at Jansen potash project in Saskatchewan The three and a half year contracts will support more than 400 local jobs with over 50% planned to be Indigenous.
March 9, 2023 Three workers die in Spanish potash mine collapse Two of the dead were students at the Polytechnical University of Catalonia.
March 9, 2023 Phosphorus can be produced in an environmentally friendly way – study Researchers have reduced the overall carbon footprint for generating white phosphorus by about 50%.
February 23, 2023 Mosaic misses quarterly profit estimate amid lower demand for fertilizers Although prices of fertilizers decreased towards the end of last year, it did not boost demand as farmers waited for pricing trends to stabilize.
February 23, 2023 Anglo American takes $1.7bn writedown on British fertilizer mine The miner estimates it will spend $1bn per year to bring Woodsmith into production by 2027, both a higher cost and longer timeframe than previously expected.
February 21, 2023 Energy traders, flush with cash, are moving into crops and metals After making more money than ever in the last few years, some of the world’s top energy traders are using the cash to expand in metals and agriculture.
February 7, 2023 Brazil okays BHP’s $6.6 billion acquisition of OZ Minerals The deal still requires the approval of Australia’s regulatory bodies and the copper-gold miner shareholders, who are set to vote in April.
ERG signs long-term gallium supply deal with Mitsubishi Kazakhstan, which currently produces no gallium, is set to become the world's second-largest producer. December 20, 2025 | 08:34 am
