Ukraine war spurs BHP to crunch the gears on Jansen potash project

Hans van LeeuwenEurope correspondent

May 17, 2022 – 10.56pm

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London | BHP is looking to step up its massive Jansen potash project in Canada, hoping to seize the opportunity lying in the Russia-Ukraine war’s major disruption to world fertiliser supplies.

Sanctions have strangled the supply of potash – a key fertiliser for agricultural crops such as corn, soy, rice and wheat – from Russia and Belarus, which together account for about 40 per cent of global output.

Hans van Leeuwen covers British and European politics, economics and business from London. He has worked as a reporter, editor and policy adviser in Sydney, Canberra, Hanoi and London.