Industrial Minerals


Belaruskali & Uralkali to replace BPC with new trading arm

27 June 2012

by Alex Feytis

Soyuzkali could start potash trading in February 2013; headquartered in Switzerland

Keywords: potash, Soyuzkali, Uladzimir Syamashka, Switzerland, Belaruskali, Uralkali, Belarusian Potash Co

Potash producers Russia’s Uralkali and Belarus’ Belaruskali are expected to replace their joint-venture trading arm Belarusian Potash Co. (BPC), according to press reports.

 

The new company will be called Soyuzkali and will begin trading from February 2013. It may be headquartered in Switzerland, press reports indicated.

 

Belarus’ first deputy prime minister Uladzimir Syamashka told reporters in the capital Minsk that “a specific action plan is now being developed, which envisages that the company will begin...