Australian Potash: Worth Its Salt
After successfully completing its pilot study at Lake Wells in January, Australian Potash is gearing up to begin producing 150,000 tonnes of sulphate of potash by 2020. Image: Australian Potash BY GERARD MCARTNEY AUSTRALIAN Potash successfully extracted 65kg of 98 per cent purity sulphate of potash (SOP) from its Lake Wells pilot processing facility on 22 January. First production at a pilot level marked a number of important milestones for Australian Potash; a proven processing pathway to delivering a high-grade SOP product, and the gratification of being the first company in Australia to successfully use the field evaporative method. According to Australian Potash managing director Matt Shackleton, the field evaporative method lets nature do all the hard work by pumping…