Hebei Cangzhou Dahua Co.,Ltd

Summary

Hebei Cangzhou Dahua Co., Ltd. is a China-based company engaged in manufacture and sale of chemical fertilizers. The Company provides urea, which is utilized as agricultural fertilizer; toluene diisocyanate (TDI), which is raw material for polyurethane; hydrogen peroxide, which is applied in papermaking, medical services and crafts processing; porous ammonia nitrate, which is utilized as fertilizer and explosive; melamine, which is raw material for formaldehyde resins, as well as liquid chloride, nitric acid, sodium hydroxide and hydrochloric acid, among others. The Company distributes its products primarily in domestic market.

JIANGSU HUACHANG CHEMICAL CO., LTD

Summary

JIANGSU HUACHANG CHEMICAL CO., LTD is principally engaged in the production and sale of fertilizers, chemical raw materials and chemical products. The Company primarily provides calcined soda, ammonium chloride, synthetic ammonia, compound fertilizer, carbamide and methanol, among others. The Company's products are mainly used in agricultural industry, glass industry, fine chemical industry and others. The Company's calcined soda is mainly used in glass, metallurgy, petrochemical industry, textile, inorganic salt, medicine, synthetic fiber, fertilizer, paper making and food industry, as well as daily life. The Company's ammonium chloride and compound fertilizer are mainly used as fertilizers for corps. The Company's carbamide includes carbamide for agricultural use and carbamide for industrial use. The Company's synthetic ammonia is mainly used in the manufacture of carbamide, ammonium fertilizer, calcined soda and nitric acid, as well as used as refrigerant.

Yunnan Yuntianhua Co., Ltd.

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Yunnan Yuntianhua Co., Ltd is principally engaged in the production and sale of fertilizers, chemical raw materials and products. The Company is also involved in construction materials and trade industries. The Company’s main products include synthetic ammonia, carbamide, ammonium nitrate，composite fertilizers, pentaerythritol, polyformaldehyde and sodium formate. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company produced 467,243 metric tons of synthetic ammonia and 726,226 metric tons of carbamide.

Qinghai Salt Lake Potash Company Limited

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Qinghai Salt Lake Potash Co., Ltd. is specializes in the manufacture and sale of potassium chloride. Based in Germu, Qinghai Province, the Company owns a 120-square-kilometer salt field. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company produced 1.9 million metric tons of potassium chloride, which were distributed under the brand name of Yanqiao to southwestern China, eastern China, northeastern China and northern China. As of December 31, 2007, the Company had three subsidiaries engaged in the manufacture and sale of potassium chloride.

Hubei Xingfa Chemicals Group Co. Ltd

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Hubei Xingfa Chemicals Group Co. Ltd is primarily engaged in the development, production and sale of phosphorous chemical products and fine chemical products. The Company mainly provides sodium tripolyphosphate, yellow phosphorus, sodium hexametaphosphate, dimethyl sulfoxide, sodium hypophosphite, phosphorus pentasulfide, sodium acid pyrophosphate, phosphorous ores and others. The Company distributes its products under the brand name of Xingfa in domestic markets and to overseas markets. Its clients include P&G, Henkel and Unilever. As of December 31, 2008, the Company had 15 major subsidiaries.

Inner Mongolia Yuan Xing Energy Company

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Inner Mongolia Yuan Xing Energy Company Limited is engaged in chemical basic materials industry. The Company’s main products include calcined soda, saleratus, methanol, dimethylformamide, carbamide, dimethyl ether, sodium hudroxide and formaldehyde. The Company markets calcined soda under the brand “Yuanxing”. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the sale of methanol, calcined soda and saleratus contributed approximately 45%, 30% and 10% of the Company’s total revenue, respectively.

Jin Hua Group Chlor-Alkali Co., Ltd

Summary

Jin Hua Group Chlor-Alkali Co., Ltd. is principally engaged in the manufacture and sale of chemical materials. The Company primarily provides caustic soda, chloride, phenyl chloride, hydrochloric acid, propylene oxide, polyether and propylene glycol, among others. The Company is also involved in the production and supplying of electricity power and heat through its subsidiary. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company produced approximately 297990 metric tons of caustic soda, 19735 metric tons of phenyl chloride, 98764 metric tons of propylene oxide and 25034 metric tons of polyether. The Company operates its businesses in China’s domestic market and overseas markets. As of December 31, 2007, the Company had one 98%-owned subsidiary.

Punjab Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd

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Punjab Alkalies & Chemicals Limited is an India-based company. The Company’s products include Caustic Soda Lye, Caustic Soda Flakes, Liquid Chlorine, Hydrochloric Acid, Sodium Hypochlorite and Hydrogen Gas. Its plant is located at Naya Nangal in District Ropar, Punjab in India.

Olin Corporation

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Olin Corporation is a manufacturer concentrated in two business segments: Chlor Alkali Products and Winchester. Chlor Alkali Products manufactures and sells chlorine and caustic soda, sodium hydrosulfite, hydrochloric acid, hydrogen, bleach products and potassium hydroxide. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Chlor Alkali Products segment represents 72% of its sales. The Winchester products segment represents 28% of its 2008 sales. The Winchester products segment includes sporting ammunition, reloading components, small caliber military ammunition and components, and industrial cartridges. Its subsidiary, PCI Chemicals Canada Company/Societe PCI Chimie Canada, operates one chlor alkali facility in Becancour, Canada, which sells chlor alkali-related products within Canada and to the United States. The Company’s another subsidiary, Winchester Australia Limited, loads and packs sporting and industrial ammunition in Australia.

De Nora India Ltd

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De Nora India Limited is an India-based company. The Company is engaged in the chlorine-alkali industry. The Company provides products and services based on electrochemical technology through two business units: chlor alkali business unit and oxygen and specialities business unit. The chlor alkali business unit makes a range of products and systems for chlorine and alkali, and sodium and potassium chlorate commodity chemical producers. The oxygen and specialities business unit designs, develops and manufactures electrodes, anode coatings and systems for several electrochemical applications.

Albright & Wilson Chemicals India Ltd

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Albright & Wilson Chemicals India Ltd is an India-based company. The Company is engaged in the manufacture of inorganic chemicals, such as sodium tripolyphosphate and trisodium phosphate, linear alkyl benzene sulphonic acid and synthetic and active detergent sulphonates. It also makes sodium hexa-meta-phosphate, sulphuric acid and phosphoric acid.

Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Limited

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Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Limited (GACL) is a multi-product company manufacturing 26 products. The Company manufactures other basic chemicals, such as sodium cyanide, sodium ferrocyanide, chloromethanes, hydrochloric acid, caustic potash, potassium carbonate, phosphoric acid (85%) and hydrogen peroxide. The Company through its products is associated with various industries, including Textiles, Pulp and Paper, Soaps and Detergents, Alumina, Water Treatment, Petroleum, Fertilizers Pharmaceuticals, Agrochemicals, Dyes and Dyes Intermediates. The Company markets its products to United States of America, Europe, Australia, Africa, Far and Middle East Countries, China and South Asian Markets.

Tata Chemicals Limited

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Tata Chemicals Limited (TCL) is an India-based company engaged in producing soda ash. It is also a manufacturer of urea and phosphatic fertilizers. TCL operates in two segments: Inorganic Chemicals and Fertilizers. Chemicals business includes products, such as soda ash, salt, marine chemicals, caustic soda, cement and bulk chemicals. The Fertilizer business of the Company comprises urea, phosphatic fertilizers and other agricultural inputs. In January 2007, TCL formed a 50:50 joint venture company in India with Total Produce Plc. Total Produce is a fresh produce company. The joint venture is registered in India as Khet-se Agriproduce India Private Limited. In March 2008, the Company completed the acquisition of General Chemical Industrial Products Inc. In November 2008, the Company completed the acquisition of 35% stake in JOil Pte.

Sesoda Corporation

Summary

Sesoda Corporation is principally engaged in the manufacture and distribution of fertilizers and the related products, as well as the trading of chemical raw materials. The Company's fertilizer products primarily include potassium sulfate, muriatic acid and liquid calcium chloride. The chemical raw materials that the Company imports and re-exports mainly include pure caustic soda, saleratus, sulphuric acid, calcium chloride, monoammonium phosphate, dicalcium phosphate, ammonium hydrogen carbonate and others. During the year ended December 31, the Company obtained approximately 55% and 45% of its total revenue from the trading and manufacturing businesses, respectively.

FMC Corporation

Summary

FMC Corporation (FMC) is a diversified, global chemical company providing solutions, applications and products to a variety of markets. It operates in three segments: Agricultural Products, Specialty Chemicals and Industrial Chemicals. Its Agricultural Products segment focuses on insecticides, which are used in agriculture to enhance crop yield and quality by controlling a range of insects and weeds. Specialty Chemicals consists of FMC’s BioPolymer and lithium businesses, and focuses on food ingredients that are used to enhance texture, structure and physical stability, pharmaceutical additives for binding, encapsulation and disintegrant applications, ultrapure technologies for medical devices and lithium specialties for pharmaceutical synthesis, specialty polymers and energy storage. Its Industrial Chemicals segment manufactures a range of inorganic materials, including soda ash, hydrogen peroxide, specialty peroxygens and phosphorus chemicals.

Sociedad Quimica y Minera (ADR)

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Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA (SQM) is a Chilean producer of specialty plant nutrients and chemicals. It operates nine production plants and its business is divided in four areas: Specialty Plant Nutrition (SPN), engaged in the production of fertilizers and nutritional solutions under the Ultrasol, Qrop, Speedfol and Allganic brands; iodine extraction and the production of iodine derivates; lithium exploitation and production of lithium carbonate, lithium hydroxide, lithium metal, and the production of industrial chemicals, such as sodium nitrate, potassium nitrate, boric acid and potassium chloride, among others. Through its wholly owned subsidiaries and affiliates, the Company has commercial offices in more than 20 countries located in Europe; North, Central and South America, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Oceania. In addition, the Company’s products are sold in approximately 100 countries through its worldwide distribution network.

Terra Nitrogen Company, L.P

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Terra Nitrogen Company, L.P. (TNCLP) is a limited partnership that produces and distributes nitrogen fertilizer products. Its principal products are anhydrous ammonia (or ammonia) and urea ammonium nitrate solutions (UAN), which the Company manufactures at its facility in Verdigris, Oklahoma. The Company conducts its operations through an operating partnership, Terra Nitrogen, Limited Partnership (TNLP or the Operating Partnership). Terra Nitrogen GP Inc. (TNGP or General Partner) is the general partner of both TNCLP and TNLP and owns a consolidated 0.05% interest in the Partnership. The General Partner is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Terra Industries Inc. (Terra). Terra is a producer and marketer of nitrogen products, serving agricultural and industrial markets

Terra Industries Inc

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Terra Industries Inc. together with its subsidiaries (Terra) is a producer and marketer of nitrogen products, serving agricultural and industrial markets. The Company is engaged in the production of anhydrous ammonia (or ammonia), the basic building block of nitrogen fertilizers. Terra converts a portion of the ammonia it produces into urea ammonium nitrate solutions (UAN), ammonium nitrate (AN) and urea. In addition to manufacturing facilities at Port Neal, Iowa; Courtright, Ontario, Canada; Yazoo City, Mississippi; Donaldsonville, Louisiana and Woodward, Oklahoma, the Company owns a 75.3% interest in Terra Nitrogen Company, L.P. (TNCLP), which, through its subsidiary, Terra Nitrogen, Limited Partnership, operates the manufacturing facility at Verdigris, Oklahoma. In addition, the Company owns a 50% interest in Point Lisas Nitrogen Limited (Point Lisas), an ammonia production joint venture in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.

The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company

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The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (Scotts Miracle-Gro) is a marketer of lawn fertilizer, grass seed and growing media products within the United States. During the fiscal year ended September 30, 2008 (fiscal 2008), the Company divided its business Global Consumer; Global Professional; Scotts LawnService and Corporate & Other. Its major customers include home centers, mass merchandisers, warehouse clubs, large hardware chains, independent hardware stores, nurseries, garden centers, food and drug stores, commercial nurseries and greenhouses and specialty crop growers.

Intrepid Potash, Inc

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Intrepid Potash, Inc (Intrepid) is a producer of muriate of potash (MOP). The Company is engaged in the production and marketing of potash and langbeinite (sulfate of potash magnesia), another mineral that contains potassium. The Company markets its langbeinite under the name of Trio. Intrepid also produces salt, magnesium chloride and metal recovery salts from its potash mining processes. The Company owns five potash production facilities: three in New Mexico (collectively known as Carlsbad or individually as West, East and North) and two in Utah (Moab and Wendover). The Company has the capacity to produce 1,200,000 short tons of potash and 250,000 short tons of langbeinite annually. It also owns two development assets in New Mexico, the HB mine, which is an idled potash mine, and the North Mine.

CF Industries Holdings, Inc

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CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (CF Holdings) is a manufacturer and distributor of nitrogen and phosphate fertilizer products in North America. The Company’s operations are organized into two business segments: the nitrogen segment and the phosphate segment. Its principal products in the nitrogen segment are ammonia, urea and urea ammonium nitrate solution (UAN). Its principal products in the phosphate segment are diammonium phosphate (DAP) and monoammonium phosphate (MAP) and granular muriate of potash (potash). CF Holdings’ core market and distribution facilities are concentrated in the midwestern United States grain-producing states.

Potash Corp./Saskatchewan (USA)

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Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. is an integrated fertilizer and related industrial and feed products company. The Company’s potash is produced from six mines in Saskatchewan and one mine in New Brunswick. Of these mines, it owns and operates five in Saskatchewan and the one in New Brunswick. Of these mines, the Company owns and operate five in Saskatchewan and one in New Brunswick. The Company’s phosphate operations includes the manufacture and sale of solid and liquid phosphate fertilizers, animal feed supplements and industrial acid, which is used in food products and industrial processes. Its nitrogen operations involve the production of nitrogen fertilizers and nitrogen feed and industrial products, including ammonia, urea, nitrogen solutions, ammonium nitrate and nitric acid. It has nitrogen facilities in Georgia, Louisiana, Ohio and Trinidad.

Agrium Inc. (USA)

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Agrium Inc. is a retailer of agriculture products and services in the United State, as well as Argentina and Chile, and global producer and wholesale marketer of nutrients for agricultural and industrial markets. The Company’s three operating business units are: Retail, Wholesale, and Advanced Technologies. The Company operates 872 retail centers, 72 terminals and 19 distribution centers in North and South America. On May 5, 2008, the Company acquired UAP Holding Corp. (UAP), a distributor of a range of crop protection products, nutrients, seed and services to growers across North America. On July 8, 2008, it acquired a 70% interest in Common Market Fertilizers S.A. (CMF) a fertilizer distribution company.

The Mosaic Company

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The Mosaic Company (Mosaic) is a producer of phosphate and potash crop nutrients for the agricultural industry. The Company operates its business through three business segments: phosphates, potash and offshore. The Phosphates segment produce phosphate fertilizer and feed phosphate which are used in crop nutrients and animal feed ingredients, respectively. The principal inputs used in crop nutrients production are phosphate rock, sulfur and ammonia. The Potash segment mines ad processes potash in Canada and the United States and sells potash in North America and internationally. The Offshore segment produces and markets fertilizer products and provides other ancillary services to wholesalers, cooperatives, independent retailers, and farmers in South America and the Asia-Pacific regions. As of May 31, 2008, Cargill, Incorporated owned approximately 64.4% of the Company’s interest. As of May 31, 2008, the Company had a 50% interest in Saskferco Products Inc.

Egyptian Financial & Industrial Co

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Egyptian Financial & Industrial Co. (EFIC) is an Egypt-based company involved in the production and marketing of phosphate fertilizer, sulfuric acid and other by-products through its two main plants at Kafr El Zayat Assuit, Egypt. The phosphate fertilizers consist of powder single super phosphate fertilizer (15% and 16%), granulated single super phosphate fertilizer (15% and 16%), as well as compound fertilizer. The sulfuric acid range includes commercial sulfuric acid (98%), pure sulfuric acid (98%), analytical reagent sulfuric acid (98%), diluted sulfuric acid for batteries (29-31%) and fuming sulfuric acid (20-25%). Its by-products range features such products as ferrous sulfate and sodium fluosilicate with 98% purity each. EFIC exports its products to Europe, the Middle East, Africa, South America and Asia. EFIC's wholly owned subsidiary is Suez Fertilizers Industries Co.

Abo Zaabal Fertilizer & Chemical Co

Summary

Abo Zaabal Fertilizer & Chemical Co. is an Egypt-based company engaged in the mining of phosphate and the manufacture and distribution of chemicals and fertilizers. The Company is also involved in the trade of carbon oxide and super phosphate, in addition to other types of fertilizers. The Company's subsidiary is Aswan Fertilizers and Chemical Industries Company.

Al Moaahada Road P.O Box 13756 Abu Zaabal
Kalubia,
Egypt
+20-2-23921324 (Phone)
+20-2-23921177 (Fax)