London — Upstart potash producer Sirius Minerals Plc said last week that it has signed a marketing agreement with Keytrade AG to market up to 1.75 million mt/y of polyhalite, a multi-nutrient mineral containing four of the six macro-nutrients (potassium, sulfur, magnesium, and calcium) required for plant growth, to be produced at the York Potash Project currently under development by Sirius in North Yorkshire in the U.K. The project’s initial production is currently scheduled to begin in late 2016, with a first phase production target of 5 million mt/y. Keytrade will be marketing in key regions of Central and South America (excluding Brazil) and South East Asia, as well as specific countries in Europe and Africa. Keytrade, founded in 1997 in Switzerland, is a private company 50 percent owned by its founders and 50 percent owned by CF Industries Holdings Inc.
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