Industrial Minerals


Uralkali pushes up domestic potash prices by 34%

04 January 2012

by Alex Feytis

Russian potash giant boosts Q1 prices to $292.2/tonne for domestic NPK producers

Keywords: Uralkali, potash, fertiliser, NPK, potash prices

Potash producer Uralkali has increased prices for its potash sold to Russian consumers for the first quarter of 2012 by up to 34%, starting this week.

 

The Russia-based company boosted its prices on 1 January to 9,318 roubles/tonne ($292.2/tonne) – without discount – for Russian complex fertiliser nitrogen-phosphorus-potassium (NPK) producers, up from Rb 6,970/tonne ($218.5/tonne) during Q4 2011.

 

Uralkali also increased the price for industrial producers by 23.4% to...