Phosphates buyers push more aggressively for price cuts, while the producers continue to sit tight and hold prices firm. Weak demand and cheap Russian phosphates saw the Brazilian phosphate price slide.
Running a fruit exporting company feels a bit like being an operational company that happens to sell fruit at the moment, an exporter remarks, when managing logistics and fighting for space and equipment on vessels take up most of their days.
The rehabilitation of South Africa’s closed coal mines has long been a source of contention among miners, environmental activists and affected communities.