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Saskatchewan Considers Potash Royalty Changes
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The government of Saskatchewan may consider changes to its potash royalty system, in the event of a foreign takeover of Potash, the premier of the western Canadian province said in a television interview on Thursday.
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Saskatchewan has reserves over a foreign takeover of the producer of fertilizer. |
"In the long term there are royalty changes that are possible to take the bias away from prices and more toward volumes," Premier Brad Wall said in an interview with BNN Television.
Wall said that while Saskatchewan was not opposed to Chinese investment in the province, the situation on potash is a little different, because of the strategic importance of the crop nutrient and the fact that Potash controls a vast amount of the province's reserves.
"We want to be very circumspect about sovereign entities from customer countries and their involvement in all of this," said Wall.
The prairie province has commissioned an independent look into BHP Billiton's [BHP
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China, which buys about 7 percent of the output of Potash, fears a BHP takeover might jeopardize supplies it will require to feed its huge population in coming years.
Chinese sovereign wealth funds and other investors have approached at least one big Canadian pension manager about a possible counter-bid for Potash to rival BHP Billiton's $39 billion hostile offer.
However, the possibility of Chinese involvement in a valuable Canadian resource has raised concerns in Saskatchewan, which is worried that a takeover by either BHP or other foreign entity could affect jobs and government revenue.
"This is an issue absolutely and we will be analyzing it very, very carefully," said Wall.
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