Mining giant BHP Billiton Plc has confirmed it will not use Canpotex, the marketing arm of leading North American producers Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Agrium Inc. and The Mosaic Co., to sell potash when production starts at its Jansen project in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Talking at the Regina and District Chamber of Commerce in Saskatchewan, president of diamond and specialty products Tim Cutt declared that BHP would instead rely on its own resources to market its potash production.
“We will market (potash) through our marketing arm. We...