Belarus Keeps Door Open for Silvinit in Potash Trader

Belarus said it’s ready to welcome Russia’s biggest potash producer, OAO Silvinit, into trading company Belarusian Potash Co., bolstering the trader’s clout in the export market for the fertilizer ingredient.

“The door is open,” a Belarusian official from the presidential administration said Sept. 3 by telephone from Minsk. Bringing Silvinit into Belarusian Potash, which already represents state-run Belaruskali and Russia’s OAO Uralkali, would create “a player with immense strength” and give the market “stability,” the official said, declining to be identified in line with state policy.