Vale plant outages hinder Q2 fertiliser output
By Yoke Wong
Published: Friday, 22 July 2016
The Brazilian miner reported lower potash and ammonium nitrate output for the second quarter this year due to unplanned outages at its production facilities, while phosphate rock production rose.
Brazilian miner Vale SA has reported a sequential decline in
potash and ammonium nitrate production while phosphate rock
output rose, the company said in its Q2 production report.
Potash production fell to 101,000 tonnes in the second
quarter...