# Phosphate cargo mined in disputed Western Sahara barred from leaving SA port

> A South African court in Port Elizabeth barred the removal of a phosphate cargo mined in disputed Western Sahara from the Coega port. The roughly 5 million dollar cargo was bound for a New Zealand fertilizer maker, and the court formed a full bench to hear the case.

- Date: 2017-06-16 · published 2017-06-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region South Africa · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70819-phosphate-cargo-mined-in-disputed-western-sahara-barred-from-leaving-sa-port
- Commodities: [Phosphate Rock](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PHOSROCK.md)

## Why it matters

The legal freeze on this cargo keeps a small volume of phosphate rock off the market, a minor supply constraint for fertilizer buyers.

## Read by commodity

- PHOSROCK: bullish ▲

## Sources

- timeslive.co.za: https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2017-06-16-phosphate-cargo-mined-in-disputed-western-sahara-barred-from-leaving-sa-port/

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