10/30/2026
Most of the world's potash moves on two numbers.
China settled its 2026 potash contract at US$348 a tonne. India settled at US$383. Those annual contracts are negotiated by a handful of buyers and sellers, and the rest of the market prices off them.
It is worth understanding why a developer pays attention. A project is judged on the gap between the price it can sell into and the cost it produces at. The Banio preliminary economic assessment estimated life of mine operating costs at US$61 a tonne, driven by solution mining, thick seams, simple mineralogy and a coastal load point.
The PEA is preliminary in nature, includes Inferred Resources, and there is no certainty its results will be realised. A definitive feasibility study is underway.
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