PotashCorp, Agrium merger gets no-strings thumbs up from Canada’s competition bureau

Merging potash firms Potash Corp of Saskatchewan and Agrium Inc say they have received an unconditional approval from the Canadian Competition Bureau (CCB) for their proposed merger of equals. The transaction, billed as a “merger of equals”, which will see the creation of a new $36-billion entity, to be named Nutrien, is working its way through the regulatory review and approval process in several jurisdictions.