Helm to Enter Potassium Nitrate Market

Helm Ag, Hamburg, reports that it has entered into an agreement to establish a joint venture with ACF Minera for the production and marketing of potassium nitrate and other products. Helm will invest in a production joint venture while obtaining exclusive worldwide rights for the distribution of 120,000 mt. ACF will expand its production capabilities by increasing the volume for potassium nitrate at its mines located in the Atacama Desert in Chile by another 90,000 mt.