Potash Corp. Veteran Challenges Uralkali With Russian Mines

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OAO EuroChem, a Russian fertilizer maker building $7.4 billion of potash projects, is gearing up to challenge the dominance of OAO Uralkali with production from its two mines reaching the market in five years.

“We expect we’ll be able to mine the first potash at both mines in late 2017,” Clark Bailey, EuroChem’s mining head, said in an interview. About two more years will be needed to start shipments to external customers, he said.