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Ruralco fits global giant's growth push

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Updated Feb 27, 2019 – 5.38pm, first published at 4.45pm

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There are two reasons BHP chief executive Andrew Mackenzie would take more than a little interest in the $470 million bid for Ruralco by Canadian fertiliser giant Nutrien.

The first is that Nutrien was formed in 2017 through a merger of Canadian duo Agrium and Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, the latter of which BHP tried to buy in a $40 billion hostile bid back in 2010.

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