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POTASH: Economic slowdown forces miners to cancel plans to build a B.C. export terminal
Three of Canada’s major potash miners, Agrium Inc., Mosaic Co. and Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc., have scrapped plans for Canpotex Ltd., their exporting and offshore marketing wing, to build a $775-million West Coast export terminal in Prince Rupert, B.C.…
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PotashCorp aims to regain market influence with K+S bid
Canadian giant Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (TSX: POT; NYSE: POT) is considering a mega deal for Germany’s K+S Aktiengesellschaft that could materially change the landscape in the fertilizer business. The world’s largest…
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POTASH: Western Potash gets $80M infusion for Milestone project
SASKATCHEWAN – Following the completion of a positive scoping study for its Milestone solution potash project 30 km east of Regina, Western Potash Corp. of Vancouver says its has received an $80-million equity investment by Beijing Tairui…
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DEVELOPMENT: Western Potash Delivers Scoping Study for Scalable Pilot Plant at Milestone
VANCOUVER – Western Potash Corp. is pleased to announce the completion of a Scoping Study for a Pilot Plant Scale Selective Solution Mining Operation (the “Pilot Study”) on the Company’s 100% owned Milestone property in southern…
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POTASH: PotashCorp aims to regain market influence with K+S bid
VANCOUVER — Canadian giant Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan is considering a mega deal for Germany’s K+S Aktiengesellschaft that could materially change the landscape in the fertilizer business. The world’s largest…
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POTASH: Canpotex to buy 700 new railcars
SASKATOON – Canpotex, Canada’s largest exporter of potash, has chosen National Steel Car of Hamilton, ON, to manufacture 700 new railcars designed to transport Saskatchewan potash to coastal ports in North America. The railcars will cost…
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WATER: Veolia deliver process equipment for K+S Potash’s Legacy project
SASKATCHEWAN – The major process equipment for K+S Potash Canada’s Legacy project has been delivered to the job site. This process equipment, HPD® Crystallization Technology from Veolia, will purify and produce up to 2 million…
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POTASH: PotashCorp sells 9.3M tonnes KCl in 2014
SASKATOON – Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan said it shipped a total of 9.3 million tonnes of potash in 2014, the second highest volume in its history. The company’s total sales of potash, nitrogen and phosphate was worth $US7.1…
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PotashCorp sees a strong finish to 2014
Despite Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan’s (TSX: POT; NYSE: POT) third quarter profit declining 11%, it expects to finish the year on an upbeat note.
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POTASH: ABB wins turnkey automation order for Legacy project
SASKATCHEWAN – From its Canadian headquarters in Montreal, ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, says it has won an order to supply a state-of-the-art automation solution for K+S Potash Canada’s greenfield potash…
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PotashCorp ups 2014 earnings forecast on strong Q2 results
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (TSX: POT; NYSE: POT) has upped its full year earnings guidance for the second time this year following a better than expected second-quarter profit of US$472 million.
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POTASH: North Atlantic, Rio Tinto form JV for Albany project
SASKATCHEWAN – A joint venture company has been formed between Australian miner Rio Tinto and North Atlantic Potash, a subsidiary of Acron Group, in Saskatoon, SK. The two have been co-operating since 2011 on leases they jointly hold.