# Rock bottom for phosphate? | The Land | NSW

> The benchmark phosphate rock price has been flat for five years but began sliding in October and is down about 11 percent. The article is a personal investment column about a small phosphate miner, Avenira, whose shares fell amid production problems in Senegal.

- Date: 2017-04-11 · published 2017-04-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71815-rock-bottom-for-phosphate-the-land-nsw
- Commodities: [Phosphate Rock](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PHOSROCK.md)

## Why it matters

The roughly 11% decline in the benchmark phosphate rock price points to softer phosphate input costs for feed and fertilizer buyers.

## Read by commodity

- PHOSROCK: bearish ▼

## Sources

- theland.com.au: https://www.theland.com.au/story/4564757/rock-bottom-for-phosphate/

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