Potash Industry Faces Potential Issues Because of Consolidation of the Market

Mining Weekly reported that CRU has warned of potential issues with potash supply, given that the bulk of potash production is concentrated to a few producers.

As quoted in the market report:

With the potash industry, the level of consolidation in the market is notable; around 80% of production comes from the top dozen producers,” Burnside said, before highlighting the cost of developing a major potash project and the inevitable drag this has on lead times.

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