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Broken rail that escaped detection caused 2021 potash train derailment: TSB
A cracked piece of railway track that escaped detection left 27 freight cars piled up near Silton in 2021. According to a report by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada that was released Tuesday,...
CKOM News
Mar 26, 2024
Workers clean up spilled potash after a CP train derailed in Saskatchewan in 2021. (Transportation Safety Board of Canada)
Sask. forecasts $250M deficit in mid-year financial report
Saskatchewan's finances have taken a downturn. The province's mid-year financial report is forecasting a deficit of $250.5 million at mid-year, down $1.27 billion from budget and $736.1 million from t...
CKOM News
Nov 27, 2023
BHP commits $6.4 billion to Jansen potash mine
BHP is cutting another big cheque to further develop the Jansen potash project east of Saskatoon. The mining giant announced a $6.4-billion investment on Tuesday for the second stage of the project, w...
Brent Bosker
Oct 31, 2023
The BHP Jansen potash mine, located about 140 kilometres east of Saskatoon. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Strike at Vancouver port prompts Nutrien to reduce production at Cory potash mine
The effects of the strike at the Port of Vancouver continue to reach Saskatchewan. Saskatoon-based Nutrien Ltd. announced Tuesday it was curtailing production at its Cory potash mine southwest of Sask...
CKOM News
Jul 11, 2023
'Incredible to see:' Nutrien using tele-remote technology to mine potash
Nutrien employees have started mining potash from afar. Chris Reynolds, an executive vice-president of Nutrien and its president of potash told Gormley the use of tele-remote technology is changing th...
CKOM News
May 20, 2023
Nutrien's Cory potash mine. (Nutrien)
BHP's Jansen Potash mine ramping up production
Construction of the Jansen mine, east of Saskatoon is believed to be on schedule. That's from BHP's President Simon Thomas who said construction ramped up this summer of what is expected to be the lar...
CKOM News
Feb 05, 2023
Potash production 'temporarily curtailed' at Mosaic's Colonsay mine
The Mosaic Company has paused production at its Colonsay potash mine. In a media release, the company announced it has "temporarily curtailed production" at the mine due to decreased demand late this ...
CKOM News
Dec 07, 2022
Mosaic's Colonsay potash mine. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM file photo)
Chrystia Freeland visits Sask. to get 'fingertip feel' for potash
Canada's deputy prime minister had plenty of good things to say about potash Wednesday. During Chrystia Freeland's tour around the Mosaic Potash mine in Colonsay - part of her unexpected mid-week stop...
Libby Gray
Aug 24, 2022
Deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
BHP moves up opening date for Jansen potash mine
Mining giant BHP has released a new schedule for the Jansen potash project east of Saskatoon. The company says it's working to bring the first phase of the potash mine into production one year sooner ...
CKOM News
Jul 19, 2022
BHP Camp and Housing at Jansen Mine
Provincial producers pushing up potash production
Saskatchewan's potash sector, the largest in the world, is scaling up production in response to global concerns around food security. According to the Saskatchewan government, sanctions on Russia and ...
CKOM News
Jun 22, 2022
The Allan potash mine is located just over 50 kilometres southeast of Saskatoon, Sask. (Nutrien)
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