# US Potassium Chloride Prices Face Decline Amid Geopolitical Strains and Falling Natural Gas Costs

> US domestic muriate of potash (KCl) prices have declined steadily, according to the report. Falling natural gas costs, which are down more than 70% over the past year, have lowered production costs. Nutrien has paused its potash capacity expansion and its Geismar ammonia project.

- Date: 2023-08-29 · published 2023-08-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/34923-us-potassium-chloride-prices-face-decline-amid-geopolitical-strains-and-falling
- Commodities: [Potash (KCl)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/POTASH.md), [Natural Gas](https://feedsoft.ai/c/NATGAS.md)

## Why it matters

Lower gas-based production costs and softer domestic prices reduce fertilizer input costs for US farms, which is bearish for potash and nitrogen-linked inputs.

## Read by commodity

- NATGAS: bearish ▼
- POTASH: bearish ▼

## Sources

- chemanalyst.com: https://www.chemanalyst.com/NewsAndDeals/NewsDetails/us-potassium-chloride-prices-face-decline-amid-geopolitical-strains-19374

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