Guardian: Welcome back, Marius. BHP Billiton's chief executive Marius Kloppers has re-entered the takeover battleground two years after abandoning an assault on rival Rio Tinto with a $39bn, $130-a-share hostile bid for Canadian fertiliser group Potash Corp. It might not sound glamorous, but potash, as we report opposite, has become a hot commodity. The fertiliser market is predicted to boom as emerging markets need more food for their populations, and as meat-eating becomes more common in ......
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BHP Billiton’s bid for Potash Corp is timely as fertiliser market grows fast
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on August 22nd, 2010
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