Nutrien Ltd. is laying off 1,300 employees at two potash mines in Saskatchewan, partly because the railways haven’t been able to deliver to export ports.
The length of the layoffs might be only a few days or weeks, but depends on whether Canadian Pacific’s unionized employees go on strike and how long the strike lasts.
Nutrien is the combination of Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, which is the world’s largest potash producer, and Agrium, the world’s largest fertilizer retailer.
