K+S opens potash port facility in Canada

• Autores: Yoke Wong
• Localización: Industrial Minerals, ISSN 0019-8544, Nº. 596, 2017 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Septiembre)
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The German potash and salt producer opens a new port facility in Vancouver, Canada, to transport products from its potash mine.

    German potash and salt producer K+S has opened a new port facility in Vancouver, Canada as part of its logistic network to transport products from its potash mine.

    K+S will jointly operate the new facility with partner Pacific Coast Terminals (PCT). The facility is situated at the PCT site of port Moody in Vancouver.

    According to K+S, the new facility includes an unloading station for freight cars, 1,260 metres of conveyor belts as well as a 263-metre-long shed for the storage of up to 160,000 tonnes of potash products.

    The new potash handling and storage facility in Vancouver port. The 263-meter-long shed for the storage of a total of 160,000 tonnes of potash products. K+S Freight trains carrying 18,000 tonnes of products can be unloaded at the facility's quay, where ships with a capacity of 70,000 tonnes can be loaded.

    K+S has started commercial potash production at its Bethune plant in Saskatchewan in June and the minerals produced will be transported by rail to the new port facility in Vancouver. The cargo will then be unloaded, stored and loaded onto ships for deliveries to customers, primarily in Latin America and Asia.

    Besides America and Asia, K+S's potash export in Canada will also deliver to buyers globally, the company said.