Saskatoon-Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan President and CEO Bill Doyle sent a letter to Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall detailing how the company is delivering on its Oct. 13, 2010, pledge to Saskatchewan. At the time, PotashCorp was in the midst of a takeover attempt by BHP Billiton, which itself was making pledges to the province as to how it would move jobs to the province. PotashCorp says that by March 31, 2011, it will have 11 of its 14 senior executives living and working in Saskatoon. Meeting this pledge involved the relocation or reassignment of five executive positions. The only executives remaining in the Northbrook, Ill., office will be primarily responsible for U.S. phosphate and nitrogen operations, as well as the U.S. sales team. By the end of 2011, PotashCorp expects to have more than 250 people working in the Saskatoon corporate office, up from 209 at the end of 2010. By the end of 2013, it plans to have 300 positions there, a 43 percent increase over last year and nearly double the number of Saskatoon headquarter jobs one decade earlier. Doyle noted that Saskatchewan mine site numbers in 2010 were 2,016, and are expected to increase to 2,528 by 2015. PotashCorp went on to reiterate its commitment to Canpotex Ltd., profit maximization strategies, the development of a strong aboriginal workforce, and a commitment to community programs, with some $10.5 million donated to charities in the province in 2010. Doyle also reaffirmed PotashCorp’s commitment to helping bring mobile air ambulance service to the province, and said it would be making an announcement with more details on this in coming months.
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