St. Paul / Middlesex / Santa Barbara / Ottawa / Vancouver / Cleveland / Toronto / Washington / Surrey / Norcross / New York / Rome / Tampa / London / /
Company
New Mexico Potash Inc. / CRA Ltd. / Ag-Minerals Inc. / Arab Potash Co. / Haifa Chemicals Ltd. / Noranda Inc. / Carlsbad / Williams Acquisition Holding Co. Inc. / British Sulphur Corp. Ltd. / DSM N.V. / Metal Bulletin plc. / Harris Chemical Group / Great Salt Lake / Reilly-Wendover / Reilly Industries Inc. / Central Canada Potash / Inter-American Investment Corp. / Resources Inc. / ACF Minera Ltda. / Potash Resources / Texasgulf Inc. / Agrium Inc. / Fertecon Ltd. / Eddy Potash Inc. / Kali und Salz GmbH / IMC Global Inc. / United States Mineral Resources / Alkim Alkali Kimya / BP / Industrial Minerals Information Ltd. / North American Chemical Co. / Kalium Chemical Ltd. / Companhia Vale do Rio Doce / Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan / British Sulphur North America Inc. / British Sulphur Publishing / Expl Inc. / Cominco Ltd. / Asian Pacific Resources / Mississippi Chemical Corp. / FMB Publications Ltd. / Great Salt Lake Minerals Corp. / IMC Global Operations Inc. / Vigoro Corp. / Reed Business Publishing Ltd. / Elf Aquitaine Inc. / Potacan Mining Co. / Mississippi Potash Inc. / Yearend / Rayrock Resources / World Review / F.a.s. / Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile / Moab Salt Inc. / /
Continent
Europe / /
Country
Netherlands / Cyprus / Thailand / France / Brazil / Canada / Australia / United Kingdom / China / Israel / India / Germany / Oman / Chile / Turkey / Jordan / United States / Soviet Union / Argentina / /
Currency
rupee / USD / /
Event
M&A / Funding / Company Expansion / Reorganization / Debt Financing / Business Partnership / /
Facility
f.o.b. mine / Phosphate Institute / Reilly Industries' Wendover facility / 5/ F.a.s. U.S. port / 3/ F.o.b. mine / West German mine / 2/ F.o.b. mine / U.S. Federal District Court / U.S. port / /
IndustryTerm
food grade replacement / chemical muriates / chemical compounds containing potassium / ton product / food type preferences / food / project site / large mining firms / chemicals / food-grade chemicals / food prices / transportation advantage / food demand / potassium chemicals / /
MusicGroup
B.C. / /
NaturalFeature
Salt Lake / Dead Sea / Saskatchewan / Andean mountains / /
Organization
Bureau of the Census / U.S. Department of Commerce / Chilean Government / Ministry of Commerce / Potash & Phosphate Institute / U.S. Department of Justice / Anti-Trust Division / Government of India / U.S. Federal District Court / Bureau of Land Management / International Trade Administration / Economic Research Service / Department of Energy / U.S. Department of Agriculture / Federal Government / United Nations / Agricultural Organization / Brazilian Government / /
Person
James P. Searls / Another / /
Position
efficient and low-cost crop producer / producer / relatively strong dealer and farmer / industry analyst / representative / farmer / analyst / /
Product
magnesium sulfate / potassium chloride / lithium carbonate / Government Programs The suspension / /
ProvinceOrState
Nebraska / West Virginia / Ohio / Minnesota / New Brunswick / Virginia / Alabama / Alaska / Maine / Saskatchewan / North Dakota / Indiana / Louisiana / British Columbia / Hawaii / Connecticut / Michigan / Missouri / New Mexico / Utah / Montana / Rhode Island / South Carolina / Oklahoma / Mississippi / California / Georgia / Arizona / Colorado / Idaho / Texas / Kansas / Kentucky / New Jersey / Vermont / Wisconsin / Wyoming / Sussex / Maryland / Illinois / Nevada / Oregon / South Dakota / Tennessee / Manitoba / Pennsylvania / Delaware / Florida / North Carolina / Iowa / Massachusetts / Arkansas / New Hampshire / /
Region
Western Europe / former Soviet Union / Central Canada / West Virginia / /
POTASH By James P. Searls Potash is used primarily as an agricultural fertilizer (plant nutrient). Potash is a source of soluble potassium, which is one of the three primary plant nutrients; the others are fixed nitrogen