The Mosaic Company, Plymouth-based miner of potash and phosphate with nearly 10 billion USD in annual revenue, has announced that it was going to reduce
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Major U.S. Fertilizer Producer in Patent Dispute
A major U.S. fertilizer company owned by Koch brothers has been accused of trying to drive out of business a minor North Carolina company Eco
A New Potash Mine in North Yorkshire in the Making
Sirius Minerals, a company developing the world’s largest and highest grade deposit of polyhalite, withdrew its earlier application for a mine close to Whitby located
Mosaic Scales Back Output Due to Rising Input Costs
Mosaic Co., the largest U.S. producer of potash and phosphate fertilizer, has said it is reducing its phosphate fertilizer production because of high sulfur and
Encana Corp Snaps Athlon Energy Inc for $5.93 Billion in Cash
Canada’s Calgary-based company, Encana Corporation, a producer and transporter of natural gas, oil, and natural gas liquids, announced it would buy Athlon Energy Inc, an
First Alaskan Crude in a Decade Headed for South Korea
The first American export of Alaskan crude oil is heading for South Korea for the first time in more than ten years. The tanker set
China Helps Uganda Builds Its 1st Fertilizer Plant
A team of Chinese experts and workers is helping Uganda to construct its first phosphate plant worth 620 million US dollars. This project, to be
Statoil Puts Off its Sand Oil Project, Opponents to Keystone XL Pipeline Celebrating
Last week, Stavanger-based oil company Statoil said it would put off its 40,000-barrel-a-day Corner project for a minimum of three years, possibly also indefinitely. Thus,
Yara and CF Industries in Talks to Create World’s No. 2 Fertilizer Company
Yara International, a Norwegian-based chemicals company, and CF Industries, a Chicago-based manufacturer and distributor of agricultural fertilizers, are in negotiations over a merger of equals
First Crude Oil from Western Canada to Reach Europe
Suncor Energy Inc, Canada’s largest oil and gas producer, has sent its first ever tanker of heavy crude oil from Canada’s East Coast to Europe.