hallo, passend zu der frage, welche Auswirkungen eine schliessung von solikamsk2 auf den markt allgemein hätte, nachfolgender bericht und aussagen des neuen(alten) weltmarktführers, PCS:
PotashCorp remains flexible while adding production capabilities
By Scott Larson, The Starphoenix With Bloomberg Files December 4, 2014 potash Corporation of Saskatchewan has the potential to increase its production capabilities by almost seven million tonnes over the next few years while still remaining flexible to "respond to any market situation, whatever that might be," says the company's president and CEO.
Speaking at the Citi 2014 Basic Materials Conference in New York, PotashCorp's Jochen Tilk said the company's potash production capability in 2015 will be 10.9 million tonnes, with the potential to increase to 17.6 million tonnes by 2017. That increase will be realized through the PotashCorp.'s expansion at Rocanville (three million tonnes), another three million tonnes from other Saskatchewan mines and 0.7 million at its new New Brunswick mine.
"We have the flexibility to grow with the market," said Tilk, whose company is now 95 per cent complete in its decade-long, $8.3 billion expansion.
Tilk foresees less volatility in the potash market going forward and anticipates growth of 2.5 per cent to three per cent per year, reaching global operational capability of 70 million tonnes by 2019.
But PotashCorp will be prepared for whatever way the market turns, he said.
"We will prepare for any possible market scenario that we can envisage."
Unforeseen events like the flood in November at OAO Uralkali's Solikamsk-2 mine, a Russian potash mine that accounts for three per cent of global supply, can cause upheaval in the market.
"When you have an incident of that severity, it takes time to assess," Tilk said. "You are talking months, if not beyond that.
"In the short term it will be challenging ... I wouldn't expect any production from No. 2."
Tilk said the company's goal is maximizing longterm shareholder value. To do that he said they need "to create stability and to have prices in the range of affordability for farmers, but yet prices at a level we like to see for profitability." |