Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan (POT)

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See all 5 Bulls Reasons Bulls: Reasons To Buy World Food Price Crisis 100% agree World Food Price Crisis Recently, the needs of foods increase dramatically especially in Emerging countries such as China. As a result, the demand is much more than supply. POT's products , a fertilizer, are critical for agriculture businesses. View or Edit Reason 2 votes 100% agree Expansion plans announced 0% agree Expansion plans announced PotashCorp announced plans July 17th to add 2.7 million tonnes of potash capacity at three of its Saskatchewan facilities by 2012. These projects will carry a combined cost of $1.6 billion and will raise operational capacity to 18 million tonnes by the... read more View or Edit Reason 0 votes 0% agree New Pricing 20 % Higher 0% agree New Pricing 20 % Higher Canpotex, the offshore marketing company owned by three Saskatchewan potash producing companies – Agrium, Mosaic and Potash Corp. – has concluded significant volumes for shipment to Southeast Asian spot markets in Q4/08 at US$1,000/tonne for... read more View or Edit Reason 0 votes 0% agree See all Bears Reasons Bears: Reasons To Sell U.N. Report sees fertilizer surplus - leading to price reductions ? 0% agree U.N. Report sees fertilizer surplus - leading to price reductions ? There are conflicting views on future pricing: At the end of May 2008, inventories were about one million tonnes, roughly half a May five-year average of approximately two million tonnes. Yet there are some who would suggest there is a surplus of... read more View or Edit Reason 0 votes 0% agree Speculating Stock Prices 0% agree Speculating Stock Prices The share price may be artificially inflated as Potash become the most valuable company in Toronto Exchange. View or Edit Reason 1 votes 0% agree Send the authors a comment or suggestion To start with what is Potash and what is it used for. The investor probably needs to know what ki... more [Dismiss] [Done] See All Suggestions

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The Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. During the 1990s PotashCorp expanded by buying up a number of American potash companies including Potash Company of America, Florida Favorite Fertilizer, Texasgulf, and Arcadian Corporation. It is by far the world's largest producer of potash, producing 23% of the world's (and 55% of North America's) supply. It also controls 55% of the world's (and 70% of North American) unused supply, and has long deliberately held back production to keep potash prices high. It is also the world's largest fertilizer producer. The company is the third largest producer of phosphates worldwide by capacity. The company estimates phosphate operations produced 6% of world phosphoric acid production. The company's nitrogen operations are the fourth largest producer of nitrogen products worldwide by capacity and produced 2% of world ammonia production.Today the company owns assets across Canada, the United States, and also in Brazil and the Middle East. North American sales from potash products represented 17% of total sales. North American sales from phosphate products represented 23% of total sales. North American sales from nitrogen products represented 32% of the total.

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only net inc is potash

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• Potash
• Nitrogen
• Phosphates

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Mosaic Company (MOS) Agrium (AGU)

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1. ↑ | PepsiAmericas, Inc. 2007 Annual Report, "Selected Financial Data", p. 22
2. ↑ | Google Finance: PAS, "Financial Statements"
3. ↑ | PepsiAmericas, Inc. 2007 Annual Report, "Selected Financial Data", p. 22
4. ↑ | Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, Inc. 2007 Annual Report, "Selected Financial Data", p. 29
5. ↑ | PepsiAmericas, Inc. 2007 Annual Report, "Selected Financial Data", p. 22
6. ↑ | Yahoo Finance: Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc. 2008, "Key Statistics"
7. ↑ | AOL Money & Finance: Cadbury Schweppes, "CSG Key Ratios"