U.S. Gulf — Major fertilizer plants that went down due to Hurricane Isaac reported only minor damage and quickly returned to production. This included CF Industries Holding Inc.’s giant Donaldsonville nitrogen facility, which shut down on Aug. 28 and began restart procedures Aug. 30. Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. said its Geismar, La., phosphate operations resumed operations Aug. 30, with nitric acid coming up Aug. 31. Phosphate was offline two days, nitric acid four. The Mosaic Co. confirmed on Sept. 3 that its Louisiana plants were back up. Mosaic announced Sept. 5 a $150,000 gift to provide immediate relief to Louisiana families and individuals impacted by Isaac. The company noted that it employs some 500 direct and contract employees at its Louisiana plants.
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