Yorkshire phosphate a winner for Rinehart
The $400 million fertiliser investment mining billionaire Gina Rinehart made last year is already paying off.
BHP starts hedging its gas bets
BHP opens a trial that could see US gas confirmed as the exception to its price-of-the-day rule
BHP may mothball $3.4b Canada potash mine
BHP Billiton just pumped $3.4 billion into its Canadian potash plant but now may 'mothball' the project.
Potash Corp surges on bid chatter
Shares in Potash Corp surged amid rumours of a takeover bid with BHP tipped as one candidate.
BHP slashes Canadian potash capex spend
BHP Billiton is cutting spending on its Canadian potash mine by $US100 million amid the decline in global commodity prices.
Potash Corp tussle could be win for BHP
A takeover tussle between two of the world's biggest potash players could have an unlikely winner: BHP Billiton.
More expected from Highfield's share rally
Highfield's share price has rallied 40 per cent following a new study on its Muga project, now it may go further.
Rio Tinto to cut M&A; jobs as deals appetite wanes
Rio Tinto will cut jobs in M&A; and business development to cut costs as it battles falling commodity prices.
Highfield a bargain now, if analyst forecast rings true
Emerging potash play Highfield Resources could replicate the substantial share price re-rating that occurred in the first two weeks of May, after last week’s announcement that it had raised $32 million at a minimal discount to its last trading price of 52¢.
South Boulder enters potassium sulphate market
Little-known listed Perth potash play South Boulder Mines is planning to take on the highly concentrated potassium sulphate market under the leadership of a former BHP Billiton executive, as it runs metallurgical tests to unlock more of its flagship open pit resource in Eritrea, on Africa’s east coast.
More to the BHP food bowl plan
The article “BHP’s food bowl plan” (AFR, March 14) left one hungry to know more. The article and the BOSS insert article fell short on providing fertile soil for growth. “Well people will want to feed themselves better, hence fertiliser”. A hard to digest issue at best.
Potash stirs up cartel-land
Both the potash and LNG sectors have relatively have long histories of pricing certainty – and both markets are now under intense pressure to change their protective mechanics, writes Matthew Stevens.
