# Western Sahara Resource Watch

> Chinese company China Molybdenum's Brazilian subsidiary Copebras will no longer buy phosphate rock from occupied Western Sahara, according to the company's investors. The company described the earlier shipments as a one-time incident. Western Sahara Resource Watch had tracked trucks carrying the cargo from the port of Santos to a Cubatão industrial site.

- Date: 2021-10-14 · published 2021-10-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Brazil · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/44882-western-sahara-resource-watch
- Commodities: [Phosphate Rock](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PHOSROCK.md)

## Why it matters

The purchase halt is a small, company-specific change in phosphate rock sourcing with little effect on overall supply or prices.

## Read by commodity

- PHOSROCK: neutral

## Sources

- wsrw.org: https://wsrw.org/en/news/importer-in-brazil-stops-conflict-rock-purchases

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