# Mine accident shows a potash market nervous about outages - MINING.COM

> 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.

- Date: 2018-03-16 · published 2018-03-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Belarus · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/66323-mine-accident-shows-a-potash-market-nervous-about-outages-mining-com
- Commodities: [Potash (KCl)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/POTASH.md)

## Why it matters

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.

## Read by commodity

- POTASH: bullish ▲

## Sources

- mining.com: https://www.mining.com/web/mine-accident-shows-potash-market-nervous-outages/

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