Nutrien Extends Vanscoy Shutdown

Nutrien Ltd., Saskatoon, has announced it will keep its Vanscoy potash mine down through the end of January. It cited market conditions. Some 265 employees will be affected. It was originally to come back up at the end of December. The idled Allan and Lanigan mines are expected to return to production Dec. 29 as previously planned and their production is expected to be sufficient to help the company meet near term demand.