Industrial Minerals


PotashCorp's Q2 profits surge

29 July 2010

by Mark Watts

Potash sales volumes rocket to 1.9m. tonnes but phosphate lags behind

Keywords: potash, PotashCorp, fertiliser, phosphate, fertiliser

Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan more than doubled its profit in Q2 2010 driven by the global recovery in fertiliser demand, the central Canada-based group said.

The group posted an operating profit of $669m. compared to $284.3m. in the same period last year, while...