Fat Prophets analyst Aamer Nawid looks at why mining giant BHP is going after Potash Corp, the world's largest fertiliser producer by capacity. The expected emergence of other bidders - possibly from Brazil or China - will 'add spice' to the saga and push the company's price higher.

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Hello. Welcome to Company Focus. My name is Aamer Nawid, Research Analyst at Fat Prophets. For many investors, Potash Corp, well they'll not be as familiar with Potash Corp as they would do for companies obviously listed here in the UK. Given that BHP is prepared to pay $39bn for them, or $130 per share, it's a good time to have a look at what they actually do, particularly as their business seems to be quite some way away from what BHP Billiton would consider its core business sort of mining and metals...  

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