Moonilal says discussions still underway: Government not closing door on Nutrien

Just as Nu­trien moves to shut down its Point Lisas op­er­a­tions, leav­ing al­most 350 work­ers fac­ing re­trench­ment, the Gov­ern­ment says it is still try­ing to find a fu­ture for the com­plex.

En­er­gy and En­er­gy In­dus­tries Min­is­ter Dr Roodal Mooni­lal said the Gov­ern­ment was con­tin­u­ing dis­cus­sions with Nu­trien and had not ruled out op­tions.

“I’ve been in touch with Nu­trien yes­ter­day (Mon­day), and I will be in touch with Nu­trien lat­er to­day (Tues­day) as well, so that we are not, you know, we are not clos­ing the door on any mat­ter in­volv­ing that com­plex,” Mooni­lal said.