Industrial Minerals


PotashCorp plans to build sulphur plant in North Carolina

27 July 2011

by Alex Feytis

Fertiliser producer eyes “own source of molten sulphur” to face anticipated shortage

Keywords: PotashCorp, sulphur plant, sulphuric acid, Morehead, North Carolina, USA

Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan plans to build a sulphur plant through its division PCS Phosphate, in Morehead City, North Carolina, USA, in anticipation of a future sulphur shortage to process fertilisers, the company told IM.

“There is shortage in sulphur that we anticipate. So we need to have our own source of molten sulphur in order to meet our needs in the future,” world-leading fertiliser producer PotashCorp explained.

“We...