Australia’s first sulphate of potash mine will start production this week and five local mines could be producing the specialty fertiliser inside four years.
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His biggest customers are in Russia, Mexico, Peru and Belgium, but Tony Swiericzuk hopes local farmers knock on the door when Australia’s nascent potash industry comes to life this week.
“We are happy for farmer Joe to turn up to the mine gate with his truck or trailer and take a load,” he says of the crop nutrients he is now extracting from Western Australia’s outback salt lakes.
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Original URL: https://www.afr.com/companies/mining/a-new-dawn-for-australia-s-potash-pioneers-20210604-p57y3k
