Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. (PotashCorp) today reported 2008 third-quarter earnings of $3.93 per share1 ($1.24 billion), a five-fold increase over the $0.75 per share ($243.1 million) earned in the same period last year. This exceeded the $3.40 per share ($1.1 billion) earned in the full-year 2007. Fueled by significantly higher prices for all our potash, nitrogen and phosphate products, gross margin for the third quarter grew to a record $1.7 billion, up from $475.1 million in the third quarter of 2007. Year-to-date earnings reached $8.45 per share ($2.7 billion) and gross margin grew to $4.0 billion, substantially ahead of the $2.25 per share ($726.8 million) and $1.3 billion in gross margin in last year's first nine months.