CF Industries Holdings said Tuesday that it will pay a $625,000 penalty and spend $17 million on new equipment to settle charges over emissions at nine plants that make nitric acid for fertilizers. Get the full story »
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Terra doing little to aid CF Industries’ shares
CF Industries Holdings eliminated a key rival when it bought Terra Industries last year, but so far surging corn prices rather than the deal’s benefits have driven the fertilizer producer’s stock. Get the full story »
Potash Corp. rival posts Q4 profit
Intrepid Potash posted its second straight market-topping quarterly profit as potash sales increased 44 percent on surging demand for grains.
Rising crop prices are giving strong incentives to farmers to maximize yield, which entails applying more fertilizer, thus helping fertilizer companies like Potash Corp. and Mosaic clock good sales numbers. Get the full story »
BHP makes first acquisition since Potash bid
Global mining giant BHP Billiton has agreed to buy shale gas interests from Chesapeake Energy Corp. for $4.75 billion in its first move into shale gas as it looks to beef up its oil and gas business.
In BHP’s first big acquisition since a string of failed deals, the global miner said it was buying Chesapeake’s holdings in Arkansas’ Fayetteville shale natural gas field. Get the full story »
CF Industries Q4 profit jumps on fertilizer demand
CF Industries Holdings Inc. said quarterly profit spiked due to strong demand for its nitrogen fertilizers, a trend that executives said would only continue in 2011.
The company posted fourth-quarter net income of $200.3 million, or $2.78 per share, compared with $51.4 million, or $1.04 per share, in the year-ago period. Get the full story »
Potash Corp. profit more than doubles
Potash Corp. said Thursday that its quarterly profit more than doubled, as a surge in grain prices boosted crop nutrient demand and allowed the world’s top fertilizer maker to raise prices on key products. The Chicago and Saskatchewan-based company said fourth-quarter net income rose to $482.3 million, or $1.61 a share, from $239.2 million, or 79 cents a share, a year earlier. Get the full story »
Food inflation, bad weather lift Potash shares
Shares of North American agricultural companies, from fertilizer makers to grain handlers, will likely surge this year as weather-related crop damage causes global food price inflation.
Potash Corp. shares in New York have shot up more than 20 percent since mid-December to about $168, far exceeding the $130 per share offer it rejected last year in a hostile takeover bid by BHP Billiton. Get the full story »
CF Industries to sell 4 fertilizer warehouses
CF Industries Holdings Inc. has agreed to sell four dry fertilizer warehouses to a regional agriculture cooperative, the company said Thursday.
The fertilizer supplier, based in Deerfield, said the space is no longer needed because more dry fertilizer is being shipped directly from factories to consumers. Get the full story »
Russian potash miner Uralkali to buy Silvinit
A Russian billionaire set the terms on Monday for a merger of Russia’s top two producers of potash, Uralkali and Silvinit to create the world’s No. 2 player.
The deal marks another step in consolidation in the global potash business, where a battle for dominance spurred BHP Billiton’s attempt to take over Potash Corp., which ultimately failed. Get the full story »
Russia’s Phosagro to consult Canada on Potash bid
Russia’s Phosagro, chaired by an ally of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, said on Tuesday it would consult with Canada’s government on a bid for Potash Corp., which has its offices and CEO in Northbrook, after BHP Billiton withdrew.
“Phosagro intends to consult with all interested parties, including the government of Canada, on the advisability of a bid to buy Potash Corp as an alternative to BHP Billiton’s previous bid,” the Russian fertiliser producer said in an e-mailed statement. Get the full story »
Nov. 15, 2010 at 11:25 a.m.
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Filed under: Agriculture/Farming, International, M&A, Updated Potash Corp. ‘vindicated’ by scrapped BHP bid
Potash Corp. said it was vindicated in its decision to reject BHP Billiton’s offer of $130 a share as too cheap and was in a strong position to grow on its own.
Shares of Potash Corp. have traded consistently above the bid price, closing at $139.91 on Friday.
BHP Billiton scrapped its $39 billion bid for Canada’s Potash Corp. on Sunday and bowed to calls from investors to return cash, a move that came days after regulators blocked the year’s biggest takeover deal. Get the full story »
Court to rule on Potash injunction request
A U.S. court will rule on Potash Corp.’s request for a preliminary injunction against unsolicited suitor BHP Billiton ahead of the November 18 deadline on the Anglo-Australian miner’s $39 billion tender offer, Judge David Coar said on Monday. Get the full story »
Potash: Shareholders need details on BHP plan
From Bloomberg | A lawyer for Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc., the world’s biggest fertilizer company, say the company’s shareholders need more information about BHP Billiton Ltd.’s plans to acquire the company or to compete against it.
Canada lets slip one reason for blocking BHP bid
Canada’s farm minister offered one reason that Canada blocked the proposed takeover of Potash Corp. on Thursday, but markets will have to wait a month for all the details to emerge.
Farm Minister Gerry Ritz, in comments his office later said were just speculation, argued that letting BHP Billiton buy the fertilizer giant would have offered Australia’s farm sector too much of an advantage. Get the full story »
