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First Tidal Acquisition Corp T.AAA


Primary Symbol: V.AAA.P

First Tidal Acquisition Corp. is a Canada-based capital pool company. The Company's principal business is the identification and evaluation of a qualifying transaction and once identified or evaluated, to negotiate an acquisition or participation in a business subject to receipt of shareholder approval, if required, and acceptance by regulatory authorities. The Company has not generated revenues from operations.


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Post by JR__Ewingon Aug 07, 2013 6:44am
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BHP CEO says taking long view on potash

BHP CEO says taking long view on potash
BHP CEO says taking long view on potash
 
MELBOURNE | Wed Aug 7, 2013 1:20am EDT
(Reuters) - BHP Billiton's new boss on Wednesday shrugged off Russian potash producer Uralkali's exit from one of the world's two big potash cartels, saying BHP (BHP.AX) (BLT.L) was taking a long-term view on its planned entry into the industry.

In the wake of Uralkali's (URKA.MM) surprise move, there has been speculation it may make more sense for BHP to take over U.S. potash producer Mosaic Co (MOS.N) instead of building a $14 billion potash mine in Canada, up for a decision this year.
 
"We think very long term. This is something that's happened short term," BHP CEO Andrew Mackenzie told reporters, when asked whether the company may delay development of Jansen with potash prices expected to slump.
 
"We've always said that potash is a business which will lose some of its cartel-like structure and become in time globally traded like everything else, so we, to some extent, predicted what's happened," he said.
 
Mackenzie said he would have more to say about the outlook for potash and Jansen at the company's results on August 20.
 
Uralkali's break from a cartel with Belaruskali last week sparked the prospect of a potash price war and hammered the shares of the world's main producers, including Mosaic, whose stock has slumped nearly 25 percent to $17.3 billion.
 
At that price, its market value is not much more than the estimated cost of building the 8 million tons a year Jansen potash mine in Saskatchewan.
 
"In our view, Mosaic could be an interesting alternative to building Jansen," Bank of America Merrill Lynch analysts said in a report on Monday.
 
(Reporting by Sonali Paul; Editing by Richard Pullin)
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