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A ceiling collapse at a Belaruskali potash mine in Belarus on March 9 trapped two workers, and shares of major potash producers rose in New York and Toronto on fears of lost capacity. Belaruskali says production is not threatened.
Belarus, Canada and Russia supply most global potash, so any sustained outage could tighten supply and lift potash prices, which raises fertilizer costs for grain and feed crops.
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