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The Mosaic Company, 2012 Sustainability Report
Esterhazy K3
The Saskatchewan Ministr y of Environment
approved the Esterhazy Stage Two Expansion
Project (K3 site) for construction in May
2011,
following a review of Mosaic’s revised
environmental impact statement. The expansion
project involves construction of two new mine
shaf ts, a 13-kilometer haul road, buried raw
water and wastewater pipelines, and associated
infrastructure. Production at K3 is expected
to begin by fiscal 2017–2018 and, when fully
operational, will add nearly one million tonnes
per year to Esterhazy’s production capacit y.
The Ministr y concluded that any adverse
environmental ef fects associated with the
Esterhazy K3 plan would be eliminated
or minimized.
Production at K3 is
expected to begin by
fiscal 2017–2018 and,
when fully operational,
will add nearly
one million tonnes
per year to Esterhazy’s
production capacity.
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MILLION
TONNES
ADDED
ANNUALLY
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