Industrial Minerals


Uralkali cleared over Russian investigation on potash pricing

23 December 2011

by Alex Feytis

FAS dismisses against potash producer; construction to start at Ust-Yayvinsky mine

Keywords: Uralkali, potash, FAS, monopoly, prices, Russia

Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has dismissed the case on Uralkali over potash pricing, the Russian potash producer announced today.

Uralkali was told yesterday that the FAS dismissed the case against Uralkali “for absence of infringement of the antimonopoly legislation”.

The investigation was launched in October following complaints from potash consumers about “unjustified price increases”....