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India to Cut Fertilizer Subsidy for FY14

08.02.2013 - India plans to cut its fertilizer subsidy bill by at least 15% for the fiscal year 2013-14, four sources told Reuters, a move that takes advantage of a fall in international prices...

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Agrium Fires Back at Jana's Plan to Split Company

28.01.2013 - Canadian fertilizer company Agrium will not split its wholesale and retail divisions as its biggest shareholder, Jana Partners, wants because doing so would "destroy value" for...

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Activist Jana Digs in for Long Agrium Battle

26.10.2012 - From Agrium's perspective, a campaign by Jana Partners to break up the Canadian fertilizer company is effectively dead in the water. But the $3.5 billion activist hedge fund...

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Agrium to Double Dividend Payout

22.10.2012 - Canadian fertilizer maker and agricultural goods retailer Agrium said on Monday its board plans to double the annual dividend payout. The move, announced as the company completed a...

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Agrium Refuses Investor Demand to Spin Off Retail

14.08.2012 - Canadian fertilizer company Agrium said on Tuesday it would not take the "substantial risk" of spinning off its retail operations, as the company sought to fend off pressure from...

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Potash Piles up as India Stops Buying

16.06.2012 - A dramatic buildup in North American potash inventories is largely due to a lack of sales to India, but the situation will not last long term, the CEO of Agrium said on Friday...

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Agrium Executes Long-Term Rock Deal With OCP

27.09.2011 - Agrium announced that it has executed a long-term rock supply agreement with OCP to purchase phosphate rock to supply Redwater, Alberta phosphate facility. The phosphate rock from...

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Cargill's Mosaic Seen Lacking Suitors

20.01.2011 - Cargill may have a "For Sale" sign on Mosaic, the world's second-largest fertilizer producer, but it could be years until buyers come knocking. In a three-step deal years in the...