Potash
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POTASH: Encanto de-risks Muskowekwan project
SASKATCHEWAN – Encanto Potash Corp. of Vancouver has developed a strategic plan to advance its proposed potash solution mine located on Muskowekwan First Nation land to shovel ready status. Since Richard Lively joined the company earlier this month, Encanto has…
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POTASH: Canpotex opens sales office in Brazil
SAO PAULO, Brazil – Canpotex Ltd., with headquarters in Saskatoon, Sask., has opened a sales office in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The company says that Brazil is the largest market for Canpotex potash. Since 1972, Canpotex has exported about 35 million…
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POTASH: Nutrien names retail business Nutrien Ag
LOVELAND, Colo. – Nutrien Ltd. has launched its new retail business under the banner of Nutrien Ag Solutions from this city. The name allows the company – the merger of PotashCorp and Agrium – to align all its global retail…
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POTASH: Nutrien created as Agrium, PotashCorp merger closes
SASKATOON – Nutrien Ltd., formed by the successful completion of the merger of Agrium and Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, begins trading today on both the TSX and NYSE under the ticker symbol NTR. “Today we are proud to launch Nutrien,”…
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POTASH: PotashCorp competes Rocanville expansion
SASKATCHEWAN – Saskatoon-based Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan announced on Oct. 12 that it had successfully completed the expansion of its Rocanville mine to 6.5 million tonnes annually. Nameplate capacity more than doubled from 3.0 million t/y, so too did the…
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POTASH: First unit train arrives in Port Moody from K+S Bethune mine
SASKATCHEWAN – K+S Potash Canada says the first unit train of product from its Bethune potash mine near the town of the same name has arrived at the handling and storage facility in Port Moody, B.C. The train carried about…
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POTASH: Encanto secures $100 million injection
VANCOUVER – Encanto Potash Corp. of Vancouver has secured a commitment for $100 million of funding over the next three years from GEM Investments American and GEM Global Yield. As Encanto draws down the money, it will issue shares at…
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POTASH: K+S opens handling and storage facility in Port Moody
BRITISH COLUMBIA – K+S Potash Canada and Pacific Coast Terminals celebrated the opening of the new, state-of-the-art potash handling and storage facility at the terminal in Port Moody. Potash from K+S’s new Bethune mine in southern Saskatchewan will be…
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POTASH: BHP may sell stake in Jansen potash project
SASKATCHEWAN – BHP is considering the sale of a 25% interest in its Jansen potash project 140 km east of Saskatoon, according to a report from Reuters. The quarter share could be worth as much as $2 billion. BHP posits…
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POTASH: Mosaic to acquire Vale’s fertilizer business including Kronau project in Canada
SASKATCHEWAN – A Brazilian regulator has approved the sale by Vale SA of its fertilizer division to Mosaic Company of Plymouth, Minn. The deal includes Vale’s Kronau potash project in this province. Mosaic is paying US$2.5 billion for the project…
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Merger: Agrium + Potash Corp. = Nutrien
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan and Agrium have revealed that after their merger of equals is completed later this year, the combined company will be called Nutrien. The all-stock merger, originally announced in September 2016, is expected to close in the…
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POTASH: Muskowekwan PEA ups output to 3.4M t/y
SASKATCHEWAN – The newly completed preliminary economic assessment for the Muskowekwan potash mine notes a 20% increase in production potential, to 3.4 million t/y, according to Amec Foster Wheeler that produced the report. The mine is a joint venture of…
