Analysing the world potash industry

Rami al Rawashdeh and Philip Maxwell

Resources Policy, 2014, vol. 41, issue C, 143-151

Abstract: Commentators have usually viewed potash as a rather unglamorous commodity because of its limited applications, low prices, the relatively small size of the industry, a persistent supply overhang situation and high barriers to entry. Yet on closer inspection, potash provides an interesting mineral market case study.

Keywords: Potash; Cartel; Entry barriers; Co-operative oligopoly (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2014.05.004

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