Agricultural and Biological Sciences
6 years ago

Fertiliser industry hit hard as falling prices stall M&A activity.

Industrial Minerals
Falling prices slow down M&A activity in fertiliser industry
Paul. Rackstraw

Paper Summary

Fertiliser prices dropped in the fourth quarter of 2015, affecting companies like PotashCorp and Agrium Inc. PotashCorp's average potash sale price decreased from 284/tonneinQ42014to284/tonne in Q4 2014 to 284/tonneinQ42014to238/tonne in Q4 2015. Agrium Inc. also saw a sharp drop in potash prices, from over 450/tonneto450/tonne to 450/tonneto267/tonne in the same period. Additionally, Agrium's phosphate sale price decreased by 50/tonneyear−on−year,whilePotashCorp′sremainedflatat50/tonne year-on-year, while PotashCorp's remained flat at 50/tonneyear−on−year,whilePotashCorp′sremainedflatat522/tonne.

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