Agrimin is considering a 388-kilometre transport route and a Mackay potassium sulphate plant in Wyndham.
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At the end of last year, Agrimin had submitted five applications for exploration permits covering Lake Percival, located in the desert about 450 kilometers southeast of Broome, at 2792 km2. Percival Lake has the highest potassium taste in Australia’s salt lakes. The company extracted evaporated salts from previous Lake Mackay tests and produced potassium sulfate samples from them.
Iran’s Ministry of Agriculture has recently received tender orders for potassium fertilizer, including 30,000 tons of potassium chloride and an unknown quantity of potassium sulfate. According to the outside world, there is no European supplier in this tender, which may be related to EU and UN sanctions, and the most likely source of potassium sulfate is from China.
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The domestic potassium sulphate market has not changed much. The price of manufacturers in North China has increased slightly compared with the previous period. Because of the lower price in the earlier period, the price has increased greatly after the order has improved. At present, the factory quotation is higher, but the new orders are not active. The price of Mannheim potassium sulfate 50% powder is limited downstream acceptance. The mainstream ex-factory price of Mannheim potassium sulfate 50% powder is about 2850-3100 yuan/ton, and 52% powder ex-factory price is about 3000-3200 yuan/ton. The actual transaction discount range is about 50 yuan/ton. The mainstream arrival quotation of powdered potassium sulfate in Qinghai water-salt system is 2800-2850 yuan/ton, 51% powdered 3100 yuan/ton, 3250 yuan/ton, 52% powdered 3150 yuan/ton, 3300 yuan/ton, and 50 yuan/ton for acceptance. The actual turnover of 51% of the powder in the region is 2850-2900 yuan, and 52% of the powder is about 2900-2950 yuan/ton.
At present, the domestic potassium fertilizer market is steadily advancing, the domestic potassium shipment is normal, new imports of potassium have crossed the shore one after another, the price is temporarily stable, the international potassium fertilizer market is in a situation of low demand and high supply, and the price of some areas has slightly declined. Therefore, it is expected that the domestic and foreign potassium fertilizer market will remain weak in the short term.
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