The Mosaic Company - Saskatchewan Mining Association

The
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K3Jackson
Shaft Sinking
Peter
Vice President – Operations
SMA Mining Supply Chain Forum
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Mosaic in Saskatchewan
• Potash operations at three
Saskatchewan mine sites
– Belle Plaine, Colonsay, Esterhazy
• Over 2,300 employees across the
province
• Mosaic invests in growing the
communities where we operate
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STARS air ambulance
Children’s Hospital of Saskatchewan
St. Anthony’s Hospital Foundation (Esterhazy)
St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation (Saskatoon)
Mosaic Heart Centre (Regina)
Mosaic Updates
Belle Plaine
▪ Current expansion completion expected in 2014
▪ The site will be celebrating 50 years of operations
later this year.
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Belle Plaine Stage 1
Belle Plaine Stage 1
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Mosaic Updates
Colonsay
▪ Expansion completed in 2013
▪ Planning to prove new capacity in 2014
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Colonsay Surface
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Colonsay Surface
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Colonsay Surface
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Colonsay Surface
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Colonsay Underground
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Colonsay Underground
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Mosaic Updates
Esterhazy
▪ Successfully proved new capacity of Stage 1 Expansion
▪ K3 project continues on schedule
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Esterhazy Stage 1
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Esterhazy Stage 1
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Esterhazy Stage 2 (The K3 Project)
• Project received approval in 2009
• Scheduled for completion in 2017
• Capacity of .9 million tonnes per year
• Will operate as a satellite mine for K2
• Approximate investment of $1.5 billion
• Shaft sinking is in progress
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K3 Production Headframe
• Finished height of 374 feet - tallest
building in Saskatchewan
• Slipformed concrete - 18 days,
approximately 9 inches per hour to a
height of 293 feet
• Will house one of the world’s largest
production hoists
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K3 Shaft Sinking
What’s going on in the shaft…
The Shaft Sinking Process:
▪ Freeze the ground to 1600 ft.
▪ Pre-sink to 200 ft.
▪ Galloway installation
▪ Sinking cycle: drill, blast, muck and
pour concrete
▪ Sink through the Blairmore at 1260 ft.
Galloway
Blairmore
1260 ft.
▪ Reach the potash at 3300 ft.
▪ Complete shaft to 3600 ft.
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Potash
3300 ft.
Shaft bottom
3600 ft.
Galloway
• Installed after pre-sink
• Five-level work platform
• 70 feet in height
• Drill and excavator attached to
bottom of Galloway
Interesting Findings
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The Significance of K3
▪ The future of Mosaic’s potash operations
▪ Sustainability of the company and the community
▪ Innovation to overcome challenges
▪ Safety from beginning to end of project
▪ Helping the world grow the food it needs
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Video: K3 Shaft Sinking Project
We help the world grow the food it needs.
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