# Mine Accident Shows a Potash Market Nervous About Outages – by Jen Skerritt and Aliaksandr Kudrytski (Bloomberg News – March 16, 2018) – Republic of Mining

> A ceiling collapse at a Belarusian potash mine on March 9 trapped two workers, and shares of major potash producers rose on fears of lost capacity. Belaruskali says there is no threat to production.

- Date: 2018-03-16 · published 2018-03-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Belarus · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/66325-mine-accident-shows-a-potash-market-nervous-about-outages-by-jen-skerritt-and
- Commodities: [Potash (KCl)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/POTASH.md)

## Why it matters

Belarus, Canada and Russia dominate potash supply, so any real outage could tighten the market and raise fertilizer costs.

## Read by commodity

- POTASH: bullish ▲

## Sources

- republicofmining.com: https://republicofmining.com/2018/03/16/mine-accident-shows-a-potash-market-nervous-about-outages-by-jen-skerritt-and-aliaksandr-kudrytski-bloomberg-news-march-16-2018/

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