The Bethune K+S potash mine has produced its first tonnes of marketable potash this past weekend.
Dr. Burkhard Lohr, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of K+S Aktiengesellschaft, calls the Bethune mine, “the most modern potash facility in the world.”
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“This is a great day for our company,” Lohr said.
“With Bethune, the most modern potash facility in the world, we are pushing into a new dimension. We are now producing potash on two continents.”
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The Bethune mine is expected to produce 600,000 to 700,000 tonnes of potash this year.
The first potash transport from Bethune to Vancouver is anticipated to leave sometime in August.
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