Effective Oct. 8, Intrepid Potash Inc. announced a domestic fall fill program on all grades of Intrepid Trio® for the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. The company’s postings FOB Carlsbad, N.M., moved to $250/st for premium, $235/st for granular, $220/st for standard, $305/st for OMRI granular, and $280/st for OMRI standard. The new prices are effective for orders taken through Oct. 31, with the shipping period extending from Oct. 8 through Dec. 31, 2018. Effective Nov. 1, a $15/st increase will take effect for all Trio grades and all regions.
Also on Oct. 8, AdvanSix announced a new price increase for its ammonium sulfate grades in the Midwest. The company’s granular postings firmed on that date to $270/st FOB Granite City, Ill; $275/st FOB East Dubuque, Ill., Prairie du Chien, Wisc., and Roseport, Minn.; $280/st FOB Danville, Ill., and Amherst Junction, Wisc.; and $285/st FOB Sioux City, Iowa. The NOLA barge posting for granular firmed to $235/st FOB. Those levels reflect a $15/st increase from AdvanSix’s Aug. 31 postings.
Mid-grade postings from AdvanSix also firmed $15/st on Oct. 8, moving to $240/st FOB Danville and Byron, Ill., and $245/st FOB Roseport. The company’s rail-DEL postings in Illinois, Wisconsin, and in Iowa and Minnesota east of Interstate-35 moved up as well, to $285/st for granular and $250/st for mid-grade.