WA-based Kalium Lakes reports that it is on track to deliver first production of sulphate of potash by late September, with its robust network of brine supply and evaporation ponds delivering large volumes of potassium salts above the plant feed cut-off grade.
More than 113,000t of contained SOP has been pumped to the end of July and 90,000t of potassium salts has been stockpiled, which is equivalent to about 9000t of SOP production.
Harvesting operations continue, without interruption or delay, from the abundant supply of potassium salts available within the crystalliser ponds.
Chief Executive Officer Rudolph van Niekerk said the operations team at the Beyondie SOP Project was working closely with the projects team through each of the separate commissioning stages of the SOP purification plant.
“We are entering the final phase of the Project and, with several areas of the plant ready for water commissioning, there are only a couple of months to go before commencement of SOP production,” he said.
