Agrium Finalizes Agreement to Acquire Astaris Assets at Conda, Idaho.Business Editors CALGARY, Alberta--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 8, 2004 Agrium Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : AGU AGU Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan AGU American Geophysical Union AGU Arabian Gulf University (Bahrain) AGU All Grown Up (TV show) AGU Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico )(TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002) TSX Transfer from Stack Pointer to Index TSX True Space Extension : AGU) - Agrium Inc. announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. , Nu-West Industries Inc. ("Nu-West"), has finalized an agreement with Astaris Production LLC ("Astaris") to immediately acquire ownership of certain Astaris assets at Nu-West's Conda, Idaho phosphate operation. This agreement was negotiated as part of Astaris's decision to cease production of purified phosphoric acid at the Conda facility in October of 2003. As part of the agreement, Nu-West will acquire Astaris's equipment at the Conda site, along with various mining assets and phosphate rock reserves in Southeast Idaho, which will be utilized to increase phosphate fertilizer production and extend the life of our phosphate rock reserves. Agrium Inc. is a leading global producer and marketer of agricultural nutrients and industrial products and a major retail supplier of agricultural products and services in both North America and Argentina. Agrium produces and markets three primary groups of nutrients: nitrogen, phosphate and potash, as well as micronutrients This is a list of micronutrients. Vitamins
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