K+S Potash Canada’s first shipment on its way to Asia

“With the launch of production and the commissioning of the newly storage and transshipment facilities, we have now made a decisive step forward: We have started to supply the market with products from our new potash plant. We will also work consistently on proceeding with the next stage in the project, the ramping up of technical capacity to two million tonnes by the end of the year,” said Dr Burkhard Lohr, chairman of the K+S Board of Executive Directors.

Dr Ulrich Lamp, the managing director of K+S Potash Canada (KSPC), stressed that “With the departure of the first ship carry potash from Bethune, we are experiencing a further important milestone and, at the same time, witnessing the success of our many years of work. The entire team has been working intensively toward this moment and has displayed a fantastic team effort.”

Over the past few months, since the launch of production in June, the Bethune potash plant has made significant progress: Starting at the end of July, the first, smaller volumes of potash were shipped by rail to Vancouver, while in August, K+S and the partner Pacific Coast Terminal opened a modern and high-performance potash handling and storage facility at Port Moody/Vancouver, and at the end of September, a first unit train consisting of 122 railcars brought 13 000 t of standard potash to the port.

KSPC´s handling and storage facility can receive freight trains carrying up to 18 000 t of product, offer storage for 160 000 t of potash and can dispatch ships carrying 70 000 t from its own quay. From this facility, K+S can supply the markets of Asia and South America from its newest plant in a way that is particularly advantageous in terms of logistics.

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