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years later, and the K3 project’s newly completed Combined with the north shaft headframe, which
south shaft headframe is operating at full hoisting has been in operation since 2018, this will bring K3’s
capacity; production officially began November hoisting capacity to more than 80,000 tons per day.
8 following successful commissioning of the
headframe and ore handling system in October, K3—THE FUTURE OF POTASH
2021.
The K3 mega-project includes Saskatchewan’s
As planned, hoisting capacity of the south shaft first new underground potash mine in over a half-
headframe started at 10,000 tons per day and century. This $3 billion-dollar project, which kicked
increased to 40,000 tons per day in December. off in 2009, is an investment in the long-term
(Photo by Greg Huszar)
