Tag Archives: potash

A proposed potash mine near Southey - 58 km north of Regina - has some area landowners worried about what lies ahead. "We are not interested in this mine in this location," said Thera Nordal, a nearby...

PotashCorp says it will stop production next month at the Allan and Lanigan mines.   The company said it wants to match supply with market demand, so it will curtail production at the two mines f...

Saskatchewan Potash producers took a hit Wednesday as India's government announced a month-long halt to its potash imports. Low demand caused by drought pushed India to stop importing potash for the y...

SUSSEX, N.B. - Amid weak global markets for fertilizer products, Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan shut down its Picadilly mine in southern New Brunswick for an indefinite pe...

Just a couple of week before the holidays, BHP Billiton plans to layoff 76 employees, most of them in Saskatoon, to offset a steady decline in commodity prices. "We had a tough year last year of signi...

The long-awaited potash mine at Kronau is in limbo once again, with Valet Potash putting the project on hold. The Brazilian mining company announced the decision to suspend work on the mine in a publi...

Declining profits for PotashCorp of Saskatchewan (PCS) is forcing the company to suspend some operations in Saskatchewan and close a mine on the east coast. On Thursday, PCS reported a dip in share pr...

An investigation has been launched at Mosaic's K1 potash mine in Esterhazy after a mechanical issue temporarily stopped work on Monday morning. The company says a skip - a machine that takes potash to...

Forty-six hourly employees have been permanently laid off from the Mosaic Potash Mine in Colonsay. The company's Sarah Fedorchuk confirmed the pink slips were handed out Monday. "We have great faith t...

Potash in Saskatchewan could be facing some tough times after some negative reports. On Monday night after trading, the Mosaic Company announced it would be cutting production at its Colonsay mine. It...