It’s Another Record as Boulby Tops Weekly Polyhalite Production

From left to right, ICL Chairman Yoav Doppelt, ICL Potash President Noam Goldstein and ICL Boulby General Manager and Vice President Andrew Fulton.

ICL Boulby, which recently marked its first year since completing the transition to becoming the world’s first and only polyhalite mine, is continuing to set new records.

General Manager and Vice President Andrew Fulton announced that this week it has achieved its best ever weekly hoist record of 18,449 tons as it heads towards its production target of 700,000 tonnes by the end of the year.

Said Mr Fulton “It is particularly good news that we have been able to deliver our best ever weekly output in the same week we have been visited by the Chairman of our parent ICL company, Mr Yoav Doppelt, to see for himself what we have been able to achieve in the past year and to discuss our long term plans.

“Backing from ICL has been vital in the continuing programme of investment in meeting the challenge of mining an entirely new mineral and in developing the markets which mean that Boulby polyhalite—marketed as Polysulphate—is now meeting the needs of farmers and growers across five continents, including China, South America, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Kenya, Poland and Romania, as well the UK market..”

Polyhalite mining underway at ICL Boulby.

Polysulphate contains four vital plant nutrients—sulphur, potassium, magnesium and calcium—and  has a far lower ‘carbon footprint’ than many other fertilisers. Matching production to demand, Boulby is aiming to boost production to reach a million tonnes by the end of 2020 and 1.3million tonnes by 2023.

As it steps up output the company has announced that is relaunching its apprentices programme.