At first glance, we think the market's positive response (POT up 10% and AGU up 6%) to the deal looks a bit optimistic. In addition to cost synergies, the market is likely baking in improved industry ...

It's been a rough ride for PotashCorp investors. Just as the stock was inching toward its 52-week high, a couple of analyst downgrades earlier this month cut short its rally -- the stock has lost more ...

Conventional underground mining accounts for almost 80% of global potash capacity. Photo: PotashCorp. German potash producer K+S had steadfastly rejected the $8.7 billion takeover offer from Canadian ...

All eyes will be on PotashCorp (POT +0.00%) tomorrow when the fertilizer giant reports its first-quarter numbers and likely faces some tough questions from analysts. After all, the potash industry is ...

Doyle will stay on with PotashCorp as a senior adviser until June, 2015. In a news release, PotashCorp board chair Dallas Howe said that it took the company three years to find Doyle's successor. It ...

Potash fertilizer specialist Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (POT +0.00%) has had to deal with extremely adverse conditions in the commodity markets that have both stifled demand and reduced prices for ...

It's official: PotashCorp (NYSE: POT) will merge with Agrium (NYSE: AGU), subject to regulatory approvals, by mid-2017 to create the world's largest traded fertilizer company. Sounds like a good deal, ...

As the grandmaster Putin undertakes his latest, confounding, and seemingly illogical round of diplomatic chess, you might be forgiven for failing to notice several very positive developments ...

Analysts say the strangest things. Two weeks ago we took a look at Vertical Research Partners' suggestion that if it were true that PotashCorp (NYSE: POT) was about to buy Agrium (NYSE: AGU) , then ...

Predictions about future crop production vary greatly, but a large number of analysts are taking an increasingly negative view. Ecological degradation is a real thing. Water shortages and a growing ...

We're holding steady on our U.S. dollar-denominated fair value estimate of $41 per share for Potash volume advanced marginally in the first quarter, up 1.6% from the first quarter of 2014. This was an ...

In late July 2013 news of a potash industry shake-up sent shares of PotashCorp sharply lower. The swift two-day reaction proved to be the right move, as results in the potash market took a big hit.