Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan (NYSE: POT) is the world's largest fertilizer company by capacity, controlling 20 % of
the global potash market and third largest market share in nitrogen and phosphates.
But this is interesting - according to the company's own prospectus,» Fertecon Limited, a fertilizer industry consultant, expects
global potash fertilizer consumption to grow 3.7 % annually from 2007 to 2011.»
TORONTO — A cloud of uncertainty is hanging over
the global potash industry, but demand from developing countries is expected to grow in line with historical trends, a report by TD Bank says.
Around the world,
global potash demand has been flat since 2007, while global production capacity has increased.
Not exact matches
In the long run most analysts expect demand for
potash to increase, as a growing
global population looks to maximize yields from its shrinking pool of arable farmland.
The producer of phosphate and
potash nutrients for the
global agriculture industry is based in Plymouth, Minn..
The price discipline relied on by the
global duopoly of BPC and Canpotex (Saskatchewan's
potash international shipping agency) has — at least for the time being — ended, but according to analysts it's the big players who are really going to be able to weather the industry's current troubles.
Agrium's wholesale division produces nitrogen, phosphate, and
potash for sale to the
global market.