CANADA

PotashCorp. Plans to Boost Capacity
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (PotashCorp.) says it will invest about $1.6 billion to boost its total potash capacity by 2.7 million m.t./year by the end of 2012. Capacity will be increased through a debottlenecking project at Allan, SK and expansions in the...

PolyOne Expands in Japan, Canada
PolyOne says it has formed PolyOne Japan Kabushiki Kaisha (PolyOne Japan Ltd.) with an office in Tokyo. The company has named Masato Sakuma as...

Yara to Acquire Saskferco from Mosaic
Yara International says it has entered into an agreement to acquire Mosaic’s nitrogen fertilizer subsidiary Saskferco (Belle Plaine, SK) for C$1.6 billion ($1.58 billion) in enterprise value. Yara will add a nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing...

Quadra Chemicals Buys Distributor
Distributor Quadra Chemicals (Vaudreuil-Dorion, PQ) has acquired Prescott & Co. (Mississauga, ON), a regional food ingredient...

Canadian Restrictions Ban Deca-BDE Production
Canada’s environmental protection agency Environment Canada (Toronto) has issued regulations banning the manufacture of polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants, including the controversial deca-BDE. The rules also ban imports of products...

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