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Compass Minerals Acquires Canadian Sulfate of Potash Producer, Big Quill Resources Inc.

MINING.com Editor | January 18, 2011 | 12:14 am Potash

News Blaze reports: Compass Minerals (NYSE: CMP) has acquired Big Quill Resources Inc., Canada’s leading producer of sulphate of potash, in an all-cash transaction valued at 56 million Canadian dollars (US$56.3 million), subject to customary post-closing adjustments.