founded 1970 1970 headquarters saskatoon saskatchewan canada area served worldwide key people bill doyle chairman products potash owner agrium the mosaic company and potash corporation of saskatchewan number of employees 88 2009 website www.canpotex.com footnotes references 1 canpotex short for canadian potash exporters reporting mark ptex is a canadian potash exporting and marketing firm incorporated in 1970 and operating since 1972 . 1 based in saskatchewan canpotex manages the entire saskatchewan potash exporting industry excluding canadian and us sales including transportation and delivery . 2 it has been criticized as a cartel . 3 canpotex is the world s largest exporter of potash selling over nine million tonnes of potash in 2008 1 representing about one third of global capacity . 4 5 the global potash market was considered a duopoly between canpotex and belarusian potash company bpc a similar consortium which exported belarusian belaruskali and russian potash uralkali ; until the bpc marketing venture failed in 2013 the two collectively controlled 70 % of global potash exports . 6 contents 1 member producers 2 facilities 3 ships 4 references member producers edit canpotex is wholly owned by its three member producers 1 5 potash corporation of saskatchewan potashcorp 54 % of potash exported the mosaic company 37 % agrium 9 % in august 2010 australian mining giant bhp billiton announced intentions to acquire potashcorp though its bid was blocked by the canadian government in november 2010 and subsequently withdrawn . 5 7 bhp publicly intended to exit the canpotex partnership as it prefers to market its minerals itself . 8 as over half of canpotex s sales volumes ware produced by potashcorp both agrium and mosaic issued concerns . 5 the saskatchewan government also issued concerns citing that the breakup of canpotex would likely result in lower tax revenues for the government . 9 facilities edit the majority of canpotex potash is shipped to west coast terminals via cpr lines in dedicated covered hopper railway cars canpotex potash railway car on display at the saskatchewan railway museum . canpotex operates over 5 500 specialised covered hopper cars for inland transportation of potash from landlocked saskatchewan to ports 10 and operates solely on canadian pacific railway lines . 11 in 2011 canpotex started on the construction of a new 55 million rail car maintenance yard near the town of lanigan saskatchewan used to perform maintenance and manage the inventory of railcars . 12 the majority of its potash is shipped overseas to asian latin american and oceanic markets 13 through neptune terminals partly owned by canpotex in north vancouver british columbia . 14 since 1997 canpotex has additionally exported through portland terminals owned by canpotex and operated by kinder morgan in portland oregon . 14 canpotex additionally ships smaller quantities of potash through the st. lawrence seaway via thunder bay ontario and has access to ports on the east coast of the united states and gulf of mexico . 15 ships edit canpotex has committed 900 million to the manufacture of 15 cargo vessels . the first of these vessels the u sea saskatchewan built as a joint venture with ultrabulk received its first load of 58 000 metric tons of potash in the port of vancouver in november 2010 . 16 the u sea saskatchewan was built by imabari shipbuilding of japan and is capable of carrying 60 000 metric tons . 17 other ships include the ultra colonsay . references edit a b c d canpotex limited complete profile . industry canada . 2009 06 18 . retrieved 2010 09 07 . handling & delivery . canpotex . retrieved 2009 09 09 . http www.financialpost.com opinion columnists canpotex cartel bureau 3453808 story.html ogg john c. 2008 04 16 . canpotex owners surge on potash price hikes for china . marketwatch . retrieved 2009 09 09 . a b c d buow brenda 2010 08 24 . canpotex fate spurs closer look at potash corp. takeover . the globe and mail . retrieved 2010 09 07 . regan james ; 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