Industrial Minerals


Potash producers face revived price-fixing lawsuit

29 June 2012

by Kasia Patel

Seven potash companies in alleged cartel link to higher prices

Keywords: Potash Corp., Agrium, Mosaic Co., JSC Uralkali, JSC Silvinit, JSC International, JSC Belarusian Potash, potash, antitrust law, price-fixing, lawsuit, Canada, Russia, Belarus, US

Seven potash companies are facing legal action for allegedly inflating potash prices. North American potash producers Potash Corp., Agrium and Mosaic Co. are just three companies facing the antitrust lawsuit by US purchasers of potash.

The case, which was originally dismissed in September 2011, has now been revived by a US federal appeals court and...