PotashCorp Company Description
The Bigfoot of Saskatchewan is PotashCorp, the world's leading producer of potash, commonly used as fertilizer. Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan also produces nitrogen (used in fertilizer and a variety of industrial and consumer products) and phosphate (for feed products, food products, and detergents). Its annual production capacity of 10 million tons of potash represents more than 20% of the world's capacity. PotashCorp also sells these minerals as phosphate feed ingredients for animal nutrition and as nitrogen products for the industrial chemicals market. Its PCS Nitrogen unit makes its nitrogen products. The company has about 20 plants in North America, Brazil, Chile, and Trinidad.
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