WESTERN SAHARA: Yara ceases phosphate trade

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Yara International, the world's biggest fertiliser corporation, has ceased its operations in Western Sahara, after its purchase of large quantities of phosphates from the occupied country was publicly revealed. The Norwegian Support Committee for Western Sahara pressured the company to stop exploiting the resources of Western Sahara, currently under Moroccan control.

From Green Left Weekly, July 20, 2005.
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