potash
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Late last year, cash-strapped American farmers cut back on fertilizer purchases, according to Mosaic, which mines potash in western Canada and phosphate in central Florida.
Potash prices are expected to rise this year rather than decline, the analyst says, who estimates that most potash producers are running a near capacity until at least 2028.
Washington lifted sanctions on potash, a key ingredient for fertilizer and an important source of hard currency for Belarus, the third-largest producer after Canada and Russia.
Mining activity tempered the weakness for the month, helped by a recovery in potash mining following a planned shutdown of a mine in September.
But he also got US sanctions dropped on a key export for his country, potash, as a further, more tangible reward.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.