<PAGE>
 
             As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
                             on November 21, 1997

                                                      Registration No. 333-_____
================================================================================

                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C. 20549

                             --------------------

                                   FORM S-8
                            REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                     Under
                          The Securities Act of 1933

                             --------------------

                                IMC GLOBAL INC.
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                Delaware                              36-3492467
    (State or other jurisdiction of                (I.R.S. Employer
     incorporation or organization)               Identification No.)

                                IMC Global Inc.
                               2100 Sanders Road
                          Northbrook, Illinois  60062
                                (708) 272-9200
                   (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

                  SALARY REDUCTION PLAN FOR HOURLY EMPLOYEES
                REPRESENTED BY LOCAL #35 INTERNATIONAL CHEMICAL
                 WORKERS UNION AT FLORIDA MINERALS OPERATIONS
                            OF IMC-AGRICO MP, INC.
                           (Full title of the plan)

                              Marschall I. Smith
                   Senior Vice President and General Counsel
                                IMC Global Inc.
                               2100 Sanders Road
                          Northbrook, Illinois 60062
                                (847) 272-9200
                     (Name, address and telephone number,
                  including area code, of agent for service)

                             --------------------

                        CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                           Proposed             Proposed
Title of securities              Amount to be           maximum offering    maximum aggregate       Amount of
 to be registered                registered             price per share       offering price     registration fee
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                              <C>                    <C>                 <C>                  <C>
 
Common Stock, $1.00 par value    10,000 shares(1)(3)      $33.57(2)           $335,700(2)              $102
 
=====================================================================================================================
</TABLE>
(1)  Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration
     statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered
     pursuant to the employee benefit plan described herein.

(2)  Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee and,
     pursuant to Rules 457(h)(1) and 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933,
     based upon the average of the high and low sale prices of the Common Stock
     of IMC Global Inc. on The New York Stock Exchange on November 20, 1997.

(3)  Includes 10,000 associated rights ("Rights") to purchase 1/200 of a share
     of Junior Participating Preferred Stock, Series C, par value $1.00 per
     share. Rights initially are attached to and trade with the Common Stock of
     the Registrant. The value attributable to such Rights, if any, is reflected
     in the market price of the Common Stock.

<PAGE>
 
                                    PART II
                          INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
                            REGISTRATION STATEMENT


Item 3.  Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference                        
         -----------------------------------------------                        
                                                                                
          The following documents heretofore filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") by IMC Global Inc. (the "Company") are
incorporated herein by reference:

          (a)  The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
     ended June 30, 1997;
                                                                                
          (b)  The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
     September 30, 1997;
                                                                                
          (c)  The description of the Company's common stock, par value $1.00
     per share (the "Common Stock"), which is contained in the Registration
     Statement on Form 8-A/A-1 filed January 12, 1996 under Section 12 of the
     Exchange Act, including any subsequent amendment or any report filed for
     the purpose of updating such description;
     
          (d)  The description of the Company's Rights contained in the
     Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed June 23, 1989, as
     amended by Forms 8-A/A dated September 7, 1995 and January 12, 1996.
     
          All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c),
14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act and all documents filed by the employee benefit
plan described herein pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the
date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities
offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement and to be a part hereof from the respective dates of filing of such
documents.

          Any statement contained in a document incorporated by, or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein, shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement
contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is
deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except
as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement. 

Item 4.   Description of Securities                                        
          ------------------------- 
                                                                                
               Not applicable.  
                                                                                
Item 5.   Interests of Named Experts and Counsel 
          --------------------------------------                          

                                     II-1
<PAGE>
 
          The legal matters in connection with the issuance and due
authorization of the Common Stock offered hereby have been passed upon by
Marschall I. Smith, Esq., Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the
Corporation. As of August 31, 1997, Mr. Smith was the beneficial owner of
approximately 86,000 shares of IMC Global Inc.'s Common Stock, approximately
69,000 of which are shares issuable upon the exercise of currently vested
options or options which will vest within 60 days of the effective date of this
Registration Statement.

Item 6.   Indemnification of Directors and Officers                             
          -----------------------------------------                             
                                                                               
          The Company's charter and by-laws provide for indemnification of the
Company's directors and officers for liabilities and expenses that they may
incur in such capacities. In general, directors and officers are indemnified
with respect to actions taken in good faith in a manner reasonably believed to
be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Company, and with respect to
any criminal action or proceeding, actions that the indemnitee had no reasonable
cause to believe were unlawful. Reference is made to the Company's charter
incorporated by reference as set forth below as Exhibits 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 and 4.4
hereto, and by-laws set forth below as Exhibit 4.5 hereto.

          Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
gives corporations the power to indemnify directors and officers under certain
circumstances. In addition, under Section 145, where a director or officer is
successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action, or any
claim, issue or matter therein, the corporation must indemnify such director or
officer against expenses actually and reasonably incurred.

          The Company also maintains directors and officers liability and
corporate reimbursement insurance which provides for coverage against loss
arising from claims made against directors and officers in their capacity as
such. 

Item 7.   Exemption from Registration Claimed                                   
          -----------------------------------                                   
                                                                               
          Not applicable. 
                                                                               
Item 8.   Exhibits                                                              
          --------                                                              
                                                                               
          The Company will submit or has submitted the Salary Reduction Plan for
Hourly Employees Represented by Local #35 International Chemical Workers Union
at Florida Minerals Operations of IMC-Agrico MP, Inc. (the "Plan") and any
amendment thereto to the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") in a timely manner and
has made or will make all changes required by the IRS in order to qualify the
Plan.

Exhibit   Description of Exhibit                                               
--------  ----------------------                                               
                                                                               
4.1       Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (incorporated by
          reference to the Company's Report on Form 8-K dated November 1, 1994).

                                     II-2
<PAGE>
 
4.2       Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation,
          dated October 20, 1994 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to
          the Company's Report on Form 10-K dated September 24, 1997).

4.3       Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation,
          dated October 23, 1995 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to
          the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A-1 dated January 12,
          1996).
          
4.4       Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation,
          dated March 1, 1996 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 of the
          Company's Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 on Form S-8 to Form S-4 (No.
          333-0439) dated March 1, 1996).

4.5       Bylaws of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 of the
          Company's Registration Statement on Form S-4 dated November 17, 1997).
                                                                               
4.6       Rights Agreement, dated June 21, 1989, between the Company and The
          First National Bank of Chicago, as Rights Agent (incorporated by
          reference to Exhibit 10.35 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K
          for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1989).
          
4.7       Amendment to Rights Agreement, effective as of April 29, 1993
          (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's
          Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A-1 dated January 12, 1996).
          
4.8       Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated August 17, 1995 (incorporated by
          reference to Exhibit 1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form
          8-A/A dated September 7, 1995).
          
5.1       Opinion of Marschall I. Smith, Esq., Senior Vice President and General
          Counsel of the Company, as to the legality of the securities being
          registered.
          
23.1      Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.                                        
                                                                               
23.2      Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.                                      
                                                                               
23.3      Consent of Marschall I. Smith (included in the opinion filed as
          Exhibit 5.1).
          
24.1      Powers of Attorney.                                                  
                                                                               
99.1      Salary Reduction Plan for Hourly Employees Represented by Local #35
          International Chemical Workers Union at Florida Minerals Operations of
          IMC-Agrico MP, Inc.
          
Item 9.   Undertakings                                                          
          ------------                                                          
                                                                               
     (a)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:                         

                                     II-3
<PAGE>
 
          (1)  To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
     made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
                                                                               
          (i)   To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
     Securities Act of 1933;
     
          (ii)   To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
     the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-
     effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
     represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this
     Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
     decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
     securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any
     deviation from the low or high and of the estimated maximum offering range
     may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission
     pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and
     price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate
     offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in
     the effective registration statement.
     
          (iii)  To include any material information with respect to the plan of
     distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any
     material change to such information in this Registration Statement;
     
          provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not
apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and
the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the Company pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement.

          (2)  That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

          (3)  To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.
                                                                               
     (b)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

                                     II-4
<PAGE>
 
     (c)  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event
that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the
payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person
in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless
in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.

                                     II-5
<PAGE>
 
                                   SIGNATURES

          The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to
believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Northbrook, state of
Illinois, on this 21st day of November, 1997.
                                                                               
                               IMC GLOBAL INC.                                 
                                                                               
                                                                               
                               By: /s/ Marschall I. Smith                      
                                   ---------------------------                 
                                   Marschall I. Smith                           
                                   Senior Vice President                        
                                     and General Counsel                        
                                                                               
                                                                               
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities indicated:

      Signature                    Title(s)                          Date
      ---------                    --------                          ----     
                                                                               
         *               Chief Executive Officer               November 21, 1997
---------------------    (principal executive officer),                
Robert E. Fowler, Jr.    President (principal operating                        
                         officer) and Director                                 
                                                        
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
/s/ Lynn F. White        Senior Vice President                 November 21, 1997
---------------------    (principal financial officer)
Lynn F. White                                    
      
                                                                               
/s/ Anne M. Scavone      Vice President and Controller         November 21, 1997
---------------------    (principal accounting officer)
Anne M. Scavone                                 
                     
                                                          
         *               Chairman and Director                 November 21, 1997
---------------------
Wendell F. Bueche                                                              
                                                                               
                                                                               
         *               Director                              November 21, 1997
---------------------                                                  
Raymond F. Bentele                                                             
                                                                               
                                                                               
         *               Director                              November 21, 1997
---------------------                                                  
Rod F. Dammeyer                                                                
                                                                               
                                                                               
         *               Director                              November 21, 1997
---------------------                                                  
Dr. James M. Davidson                                                           

                                     
                                     II-6
<PAGE>
 
         *               Director                              November 21, 1997
---------------------                                       
Harold H. MacKay


         *               Director                              November 21, 1997
---------------------                                       
David B. Mathis


         *               Director                              November 21, 1997
---------------------                                               
Donald Mazankowski


         *               Director                              November 21, 1997
---------------------                                        
Thomas H. Roberts, Jr.


         *               Director                              November 21, 1997
---------------------                                       
Joseph P. Sullivan


         *               Director                              November 21, 1997
---------------------                                        
Richard L. Thomas


         *               Director                              November 21, 1997
---------------------                                       
Billie B. Turner



*By /s/ Marschall I. Smith
    ----------------------                  
    Marschall I. Smith
    Attorney in Fact

                                     II-7
<PAGE>
 
          The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, the Benefits Committee administering the Salary Reduction Plan for
Hourly Employees Represented by Local #35 International Chemical Workers Union
at Florida Mineral Operations of IMC-Agrico MP, Inc., has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the city of Northbrook, state of Illinois on this 21st day
of November, 1997.

                                    SALARY REDUCTION PLAN FOR HOURLY EMPLOYEES
                                    REPRESENTED BY LOCAL #35 INTERNATIONAL
                                    CHEMICAL WORKERS UNION AT FLORIDA MINERALS
                                    OPERATIONS OF IMC-AGRICO MP, INC.



                                    By: /s/ Marschall I. Smith
                                        --------------------------------
                                        Marschall I. Smith
                                        Member of the Benefits Committee


                                     II-8
<PAGE>
 
               INDEX TO EXHIBITS TO REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
               -------------------------------------------------------
                                                                               
Exhibit   Description of Exhibit                                               
--------  ----------------------                                               
                                                                               
4.1       Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (incorporated by
          reference to the Company's Report on Form 8-K dated November 1, 1994).
                                                                               
4.2       Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation,
          dated October 20, 1994 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to
          the Company's Report on Form 10-K dated September 24, 1997).

4.3       Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation,
          dated October 23, 1995 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to
          the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A-1 dated January 12,
          1996).
                                                                               
4.4       Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation,
          dated March 1, 1996 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 of the
          Company's Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 on Form S-8 to Form S-4 (No.
          333-0439) dated March 1, 1996).
                                                                               
4.5       Bylaws of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 of the
          Company's Registration Statement on Form S-4 dated November 17, 1997).
                                                                               
4.6       Rights Agreement, dated June 21, 1989, between the Company and The
          First National Bank of Chicago, as Rights Agent (incorporated by
          reference to Exhibit 10.35 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K
          for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1989).
          
4.7       Amendment to Rights Agreement, effective as of April 29, 1993
          (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's
          Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A-1 dated January 12, 1996).
          
4.8       Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated August 17, 1995 (incorporated by
          reference to Exhibit 1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form
          8-A/A dated September 7, 1995).
          
*5.1      Opinion of Marschall I. Smith, Esq., Senior Vice President and General
          Counsel of the Company, as to the legality of the securities being
          registered.
          
*23.1     Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.                                        
                                                                               
*23.2     Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.                                      
                                                                               
*23.3     Consent of Marschall I. Smith (included in the opinion filed as
          Exhibit 5.1).
          
*24.1     Powers of Attorney.                                                   
<PAGE>
 
*99.1     Salary Reduction Plan for Hourly Employees Represented by Local #35
          International Chemical Workers Union at Florida Minerals Operations of
          IMC-Agrico MP, Inc.
          
                                                                               
_____________________                                                          
*     Filed herewith.
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
                             on November 21, 1997

                                                      Registration No. 333-_____
================================================================================

                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C. 20549

                             --------------------

                                   FORM S-8
                            REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                     Under
                          The Securities Act of 1933

                             --------------------

                                IMC GLOBAL INC.
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                Delaware                              36-3492467
    (State or other jurisdiction of                (I.R.S. Employer
     incorporation or organization)               Identification No.)

                                IMC Global Inc.
                               2100 Sanders Road
                          Northbrook, Illinois  60062
                                (708) 272-9200
                   (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

                  SALARY REDUCTION PLAN FOR HOURLY EMPLOYEES
                REPRESENTED BY LOCAL #35 INTERNATIONAL CHEMICAL
                 WORKERS UNION AT FLORIDA MINERALS OPERATIONS
                            OF IMC-AGRICO MP, INC.
                           (Full title of the plan)

                              Marschall I. Smith
                   Senior Vice President and General Counsel
                                IMC Global Inc.
                               2100 Sanders Road
                          Northbrook, Illinois 60062
                                (847) 272-9200
                     (Name, address and telephone number,
                  including area code, of agent for service)

                             --------------------

                        CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                           Proposed             Proposed
Title of securities              Amount to be           maximum offering    maximum aggregate       Amount of
 to be registered                registered             price per share       offering price     registration fee
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common Stock, $1.00 par value    10,000 shares(1)(3)      $33.57(2)           $335,700(2)              $102
 
=====================================================================================================================
(1)  Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration
     statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered
     pursuant to the employee benefit plan described herein.

(2)  Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee and,
     pursuant to Rules 457(h)(1) and 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933,
     based upon the average of the high and low sale prices of the Common Stock
     of IMC Global Inc. on The New York Stock Exchange on November 20, 1997.

(3)  Includes 10,000 associated rights ("Rights") to purchase 1/200 of a share
     of Junior Participating Preferred Stock, Series C, par value $1.00 per
     share. Rights initially are attached to and trade with the Common Stock of
     the Registrant. The value attributable to such Rights, if any, is reflected
     in the market price of the Common Stock.
PART II
                          INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
                            REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference                        
         -----------------------------------------------                        
                                                                                
          The following documents heretofore filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") by IMC Global Inc. (the "Company") are
incorporated herein by reference:

          (a)  The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
     ended June 30, 1997;
                                                                                
          (b)  The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
     September 30, 1997;
                                                                                
          (c)  The description of the Company's common stock, par value $1.00
     per share (the "Common Stock"), which is contained in the Registration
     Statement on Form 8-A/A-1 filed January 12, 1996 under Section 12 of the
     Exchange Act, including any subsequent amendment or any report filed for
     the purpose of updating such description;
     
          (d)  The description of the Company's Rights contained in the
     Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed June 23, 1989, as
     amended by Forms 8-A/A dated September 7, 1995 and January 12, 1996.
     
          All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c),
14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act and all documents filed by the employee benefit
plan described herein pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the
date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities
offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement and to be a part hereof from the respective dates of filing of such
documents.

          Any statement contained in a document incorporated by, or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein, shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement
contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is
deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except
as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement. 

Item 4.   Description of Securities                                        
          ------------------------- 
                                                                                
               Not applicable.  
                                                                                
Item 5.   Interests of Named Experts and Counsel 
          --------------------------------------                          

                                     II-1
The legal matters in connection with the issuance and due
authorization of the Common Stock offered hereby have been passed upon by
Marschall I. Smith, Esq., Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the
Corporation. As of August 31, 1997, Mr. Smith was the beneficial owner of
approximately 86,000 shares of IMC Global Inc.'s Common Stock, approximately
69,000 of which are shares issuable upon the exercise of currently vested
options or options which will vest within 60 days of the effective date of this
Registration Statement.

Item 6.   Indemnification of Directors and Officers                             
          -----------------------------------------                             
                                                                               
          The Company's charter and by-laws provide for indemnification of the
Company's directors and officers for liabilities and expenses that they may
incur in such capacities. In general, directors and officers are indemnified
with respect to actions taken in good faith in a manner reasonably believed to
be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Company, and with respect to
any criminal action or proceeding, actions that the indemnitee had no reasonable
cause to believe were unlawful. Reference is made to the Company's charter
incorporated by reference as set forth below as Exhibits 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 and 4.4
hereto, and by-laws set forth below as Exhibit 4.5 hereto.

          Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
gives corporations the power to indemnify directors and officers under certain
circumstances. In addition, under Section 145, where a director or officer is
successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action, or any
claim, issue or matter therein, the corporation must indemnify such director or
officer against expenses actually and reasonably incurred.

          The Company also maintains directors and officers liability and
corporate reimbursement insurance which provides for coverage against loss
arising from claims made against directors and officers in their capacity as
such. 

Item 7.   Exemption from Registration Claimed                                   
          -----------------------------------                                   
                                                                               
          Not applicable. 
                                                                               
Item 8.   Exhibits                                                              
          --------                                                              
                                                                               
          The Company will submit or has submitted the Salary Reduction Plan for
Hourly Employees Represented by Local #35 International Chemical Workers Union
at Florida Minerals Operations of IMC-Agrico MP, Inc. (the "Plan") and any
amendment thereto to the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") in a timely manner and
has made or will make all changes required by the IRS in order to qualify the
Plan.

Exhibit   Description of Exhibit                                               
--------  ----------------------                                               
                                                                               
4.1       Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (incorporated by
          reference to the Company's Report on Form 8-K dated November 1, 1994).

                                     II-2
4.2       Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation,
          dated October 20, 1994 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to
          the Company's Report on Form 10-K dated September 24, 1997).

4.3       Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation,
          dated October 23, 1995 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to
          the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A-1 dated January 12,
          1996).
          
4.4       Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation,
          dated March 1, 1996 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 of the
          Company's Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 on Form S-8 to Form S-4 (No.
          333-0439) dated March 1, 1996).

4.5       Bylaws of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 of the
          Company's Registration Statement on Form S-4 dated November 17, 1997).
                                                                               
4.6       Rights Agreement, dated June 21, 1989, between the Company and The
          First National Bank of Chicago, as Rights Agent (incorporated by
          reference to Exhibit 10.35 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K
          for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1989).
          
4.7       Amendment to Rights Agreement, effective as of April 29, 1993
          (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's
          Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A-1 dated January 12, 1996).
          
4.8       Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated August 17, 1995 (incorporated by
          reference to Exhibit 1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form
          8-A/A dated September 7, 1995).
          
5.1       Opinion of Marschall I. Smith, Esq., Senior Vice President and General
          Counsel of the Company, as to the legality of the securities being
          registered.
          
23.1      Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.                                        
                                                                               
23.2      Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.                                      
                                                                               
23.3      Consent of Marschall I. Smith (included in the opinion filed as
          Exhibit 5.1).
          
24.1      Powers of Attorney.                                                  
                                                                               
99.1      Salary Reduction Plan for Hourly Employees Represented by Local #35
          International Chemical Workers Union at Florida Minerals Operations of
          IMC-Agrico MP, Inc.
          
Item 9.   Undertakings                                                          
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     (a)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:                         

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(1)  To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
     made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
                                                                               
          (i)   To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
     Securities Act of 1933;
     
          (ii)   To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
     the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-
     effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
     represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this
     Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
     decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
     securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any
     deviation from the low or high and of the estimated maximum offering range
     may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission
     pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and
     price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate
     offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in
     the effective registration statement.
     
          (iii)  To include any material information with respect to the plan of
     distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any
     material change to such information in this Registration Statement;
     
          provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not
apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and
the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the Company pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement.

          (2)  That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

          (3)  To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.
                                                                               
     (b)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

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(c)  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event
that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the
payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person
in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless
in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.

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SIGNATURES

          The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to
believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Northbrook, state of
Illinois, on this 21st day of November, 1997.
                                                                               
                               IMC GLOBAL INC.                                 
                                                                               
                                                                               
                               By: /s/ Marschall I. Smith                      
                                   ---------------------------                 
                                   Marschall I. Smith                           
                                   Senior Vice President                        
                                     and General Counsel                        
                                                                               
                                                                               
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities indicated:

      Signature                    Title(s)                          Date
      ---------                    --------                          ----     
                                                                               
         *               Chief Executive Officer               November 21, 1997
---------------------    (principal executive officer),                
Robert E. Fowler, Jr.    President (principal operating                        
                         officer) and Director                                 
                                                        
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
/s/ Lynn F. White        Senior Vice President                 November 21, 1997
---------------------    (principal financial officer)
Lynn F. White                                    
      
                                                                               
/s/ Anne M. Scavone      Vice President and Controller         November 21, 1997
---------------------    (principal accounting officer)
Anne M. Scavone                                 
                     
                                                          
         *               Chairman and Director                 November 21, 1997
---------------------
Wendell F. Bueche                                                              
                                                                               
                                                                               
         *               Director                              November 21, 1997
---------------------                                                  
Raymond F. Bentele                                                             
                                                                               
                                                                               
         *               Director                              November 21, 1997
---------------------                                                  
Rod F. Dammeyer                                                                
                                                                               
                                                                               
         *               Director                              November 21, 1997
---------------------                                                  
Dr. James M. Davidson                                                           

                                     
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*               Director                              November 21, 1997
---------------------                                       
Harold H. MacKay

         *               Director                              November 21, 1997
---------------------                                       
David B. Mathis

         *               Director                              November 21, 1997
---------------------                                               
Donald Mazankowski

         *               Director                              November 21, 1997
---------------------                                        
Thomas H. Roberts, Jr.

         *               Director                              November 21, 1997
---------------------                                       
Joseph P. Sullivan

         *               Director                              November 21, 1997
---------------------                                        
Richard L. Thomas

         *               Director                              November 21, 1997
---------------------                                       
Billie B. Turner

*By /s/ Marschall I. Smith
    ----------------------                  
    Marschall I. Smith
    Attorney in Fact

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The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, the Benefits Committee administering the Salary Reduction Plan for
Hourly Employees Represented by Local #35 International Chemical Workers Union
at Florida Mineral Operations of IMC-Agrico MP, Inc., has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the city of Northbrook, state of Illinois on this 21st day
of November, 1997.

                                    SALARY REDUCTION PLAN FOR HOURLY EMPLOYEES
                                    REPRESENTED BY LOCAL #35 INTERNATIONAL
                                    CHEMICAL WORKERS UNION AT FLORIDA MINERALS
                                    OPERATIONS OF IMC-AGRICO MP, INC.

                                    By: /s/ Marschall I. Smith
                                        --------------------------------
                                        Marschall I. Smith
                                        Member of the Benefits Committee

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS TO REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
               -------------------------------------------------------
                                                                               
Exhibit   Description of Exhibit                                               
--------  ----------------------                                               
                                                                               
4.1       Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (incorporated by
          reference to the Company's Report on Form 8-K dated November 1, 1994).
                                                                               
4.2       Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation,
          dated October 20, 1994 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to
          the Company's Report on Form 10-K dated September 24, 1997).

4.3       Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation,
          dated October 23, 1995 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to
          the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A-1 dated January 12,
          1996).
                                                                               
4.4       Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation,
          dated March 1, 1996 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 of the
          Company's Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 on Form S-8 to Form S-4 (No.
          333-0439) dated March 1, 1996).
                                                                               
4.5       Bylaws of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 of the
          Company's Registration Statement on Form S-4 dated November 17, 1997).
                                                                               
4.6       Rights Agreement, dated June 21, 1989, between the Company and The
          First National Bank of Chicago, as Rights Agent (incorporated by
          reference to Exhibit 10.35 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K
          for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1989).
          
4.7       Amendment to Rights Agreement, effective as of April 29, 1993
          (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's
          Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A-1 dated January 12, 1996).
          
4.8       Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated August 17, 1995 (incorporated by
          reference to Exhibit 1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form
          8-A/A dated September 7, 1995).
          
*5.1      Opinion of Marschall I. Smith, Esq., Senior Vice President and General
          Counsel of the Company, as to the legality of the securities being
          registered.
          
*23.1     Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.                                        
                                                                               
*23.2     Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.                                      
                                                                               
*23.3     Consent of Marschall I. Smith (included in the opinion filed as
          Exhibit 5.1).
          
*24.1     Powers of Attorney.
*99.1     Salary Reduction Plan for Hourly Employees Represented by Local #35
          International Chemical Workers Union at Florida Minerals Operations of
          IMC-Agrico MP, Inc.
          
                                                                               
_____________________                                                          
*     Filed herewith.