When the city of Joplin, MO, was devastated by an F5-magnitude tornado in May 2011, PotashCorp was there to help with search and rescue efforts.   Within 24 hours, Emergency Response Teams (ERT) from PotashCorp’s Weeping Water, Cincinnati and Marseilles facilities joined the Joplin ERT to search for survivors and assist local emergency responders. One year later, Joplin is rebuilding and life is moving on. Using the same courage PotashCorp ERT members showed, people are finding the strength to make their hometown better than ever. As the residents of Joplin have proven, it will take more than a tornado to break the spirit of their community.

It is with great sadness that we confirm that last Sunday’s tornado in Joplin, Missouri has claimed the life of one of our employees and his two children.

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan – Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. (PotashCorp) today announced a $500,000 cash donation to the American Red Cross, Greater Ozarks Regional Chapter, to support relief efforts in Joplin, Missouri following the massive tornado that struck the community on May 22. PotashCorp owns and operates a feed phosphate operation in the small community of 50,000.

The employees of Joplin division achieved 1 year without a lost time accident on February 3, 2010.

Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. (PotashCorp) recently announced that it has agreed to acquire Farmland Industries’ feed phosphate operation in Joplin, MO. The acquisition, which includes production, storage, bagging and administrative facilities, has an annual capacity of 180,000 tons. Terms of the purchase were not disclosed. The addition of the Joplin plant increases PotashCorp’s annual feed phosphate capacity to 1.3 million tons. PotashCorp’s also has feed phosphate operations in Marseilles, IL; White Springs, FL; Weeping Water, NE; Kinston, NC and Sao Vicente, Brazil. “The Joplin facility will permit us to better serve customers in the growing Southwest market, particularly through closer proximity to their plants,” said William J. Doyle - President and CEO. “The Joplin acquisition further strengthens one of our core businesses and underscores PotashCorp’s commitment to the animal nutrition industry. Our growth in this business is consistent with our goal of increasing the percentage of non-fertilizer business in our phosphate product mix.” PotashCorp is the world’s largest fertilizer enterprise producing the three primary nutrients and is a leading supplier to three distinct market categories: agriculture, as the world’s largest fertilizer producer; animal nutrition, as the world’s largest producer and marketer of feed phosphates; and industrial chemicals, as the world’s largest producer of industrial nitrogen products and one of only three North American suppliers of industrial phosphates.