Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan
Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan
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legal form | Corporation |
ISIN | CA73755L1076 |
founding | 1975 |
Seat | Saskatoon , Canada |
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Number of employees | 5,136 (2014) |
sales | 7,120,000,000 US dollars (2014) |
Branch | Mining, chemistry |
Website | www.potashcorp.com |
Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan ( PotashCorp ) was a Canadian company headquartered in Saskatoon . The company was listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange on the S & P / TSX 60 stock index .
The company had the world's largest fertilizer manufacturing capabilities.
Potash Corp was founded in 1975 by the Saskatchewan provincial government . In 1989 the company went public and was privatized. In the 1990s, the company acquired several US potassium chloride producers such as the Potash Company of America , Florida Favorite Fertilizer , Texasgulf, and Arcadian Corporation . Potash Corp, together with The Mosaic Company and Agrium, owned the joint marketing and sales company Canpotex . This advertises and sells potash from the three manufacturers outside of America. In January 2018, Potash Corp merged with Agrium to form Nutrien .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan: Annual Report 2014 (English, PDF; 5 MB)
- ↑ Potash and Agrium agree - K + S rivals merge. n-tv.de, September 12, 2016, accessed on September 13, 2016 .
- ↑ Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan: Canpotex Limited (Canpotex) (English)
- ↑ CBC News: PotashCorp-Agrium merger finally official, Nutrien starts trading today (English)