Potash News

Leading Manufacturing Group delivers the strength, quality, and reliability mining companies depend on Few industries shape Saskatchewan's economy like potash mining. As global demand for fertilizer continues to grow, producers are expanding operations, modernizing...

Creating the foundation for long-term mine performance By Komatsu In every successful potash operation, production begins long before the first tonne reaches the conveyor. Within every productive mine is a network of development headings, rehabilitated workings, and...

Dependable high-pressure pumping is vital to modern longwall coal mining operations, but mines are increasingly looking beyond this requirement to apply integrated and automated solutions that respond dynamically to changing production conditions while providing...

Canadian National Railway has struck a deal with the mining giant BHP to haul potash from the massive Jansen mine in Saskatchewan to export terminals on Canada's West Coast, positioning the rail carrier at the centre of one of the most ambitious resource projects in...

Spotlight on ore sorting and dense media separation  By Lucy Hunt, Saskatchewan Research Council As ore grades decline and mineralization becomes more complex, many operations must process larger volumes of material to recover the same amount of value. At the same...

By Jacob Hewett, Director of Industrial Minerals Operations A new strategy question at any potash mine rarely begins with a blank page. By the time an operator is considering a capital investment, operational change, or closure decision, years of studies, models,...

How process optimization increases throughput without major investment By Haver and Boecker Niagara Global producers are navigating an increasingly complex operating environment. Ongoing supply chain disruptions, geopolitical uncertainty, shifting trade policies, and...

America imports more than 94 per cent of its potash and domestic production has fallen 65 per cent since 1999. At the same time, U.S. lithium production has declined from 37 per cent of global output to just one per cent, despite holding four per cent of the world's...

The market is very concerned about the performance of both Nutrien Ltd and The Mosaic Company after 2Q26 earnings results. In Mosaic’s case, the company has already shut down most of the Brazil phosphate operations, so the market should’ve expected those losses in the...

Highlights Successfully completed drilling the 2-14 vertical well and cored 108m through the potash beds with 100% recovery; Cased the 2-14 vertical well and is ready to serve as a disposal well for surplus brine; Phase 1 (source and disposal wells) of five-phase IPM...