• Data Access
  • Your Email  
  • Your Email  
Keep me signed in.
Forgot your password?
Close
  • Forgot Your Password?
  • Enter the email you signed up with and we'll email it to you.
  • Your Email  
Close
Back
MDO
Mining Data Solutions
  • Home
  • Database
  • Subscribe
  • Sign In
  • Sign In
Canada
Esterhazy (K3) Mine

This page is not tailored to
devices with screen width under 750 px.
 Location:
5 km E from Esterhazy, Saskatchewan, Canada

  Address:
SK-80, Yarbo
Esterhazy
Saskatchewan, Canada
S0A 0X0
Phone  ...  Subscription required
Fax(306)-745-2100
WebsiteWeb
Additional Resources for Suppliers & Investors
Drill results over 30 g/t Au
Stay on top of recent discoveries.
Search drill results by commodity and grade.
Largest mines in the Americas
Mining and mill throughput capaciites.
Full profiles of select mines and projects.
Deepest underground mines
Shaft depth and mill throughput data.
Full profiles of select mines and projects.
Heavy mobile equipment
HME type, model, size and quantity.
Full profiles of select mines and projects.
Permitting and construction projects
Projects at the permitting or construction stage. Full profiles of select projects.
Mines with remote camps
Camp size, mine location and contacts.
Full profiles of select mines and projects.
Mines & projects in Canada
A list of country's mines and projects.
Full profiles of select mines and projects.
  • Overview
  • Owners
  • Geology
  • Mining
  • Processing
  • Production
  • Reserves
  • Financials
  • Fleet
  • Personnel
  • Filings & News

Thank you for browsing through mine profiles compiled by the Mining Data Online team.

Would you like to subcribe or schedule a Demo?
  • Name:
     
  • Company:
     
  • Position:
     
  • Phone:
  • Email:
  • Message:

Overview

StageProduction
Mine TypeUnderground
Commodities
  • Potash
Mining Method
  • Continuous
  • Room-and-pillar
Production Start...
Mine Life2054
In June, 2021, underground mining operations at K1 and K2 shifted over to K3. An overland conveyance system carries K3 ore to the existing K1 and K2 mills.


Owners

Source: p. 70
CompanyInterestOwnership
The Mosaic Company 100 % Indirect
Mosaic Potash Esterhazy Limited Partnership (operator) 100 % Direct

Contractors

Subscription required - Subscription is required.


Deposit Type

  • Evaporite


Summary:

The intracratonic Elk Point Basin is a major sedimentary geological feature in western Canada and the northwest U.S. It contains one of the world’s largest stratabound potash resources. The nature of this type of deposition is largely continuous with predictable depths and thickness. It is mined at several locations, including the Esterhazy Facility.

Potash at the Esterhazy Facility area occurs conformably within Middle Devonian-age sedimentary rocks and is found in total thicknesses ranging from approximately 100 to 131 feet (30 to 40 m) at a depth of approximately 5,345 to 5,740 feet (1,630 to 1,750 m).

The Prairie Evaporite Formation, host to the potash mineralization, is divided into a basal “lower salt” and an overlying unnamed unit containing three potash-bearing units and one unit containing thin marker beds. In ascending order, the potash horizons in the upper unit are the Esterhazy Member, White Bear Marker Beds, Belle Plaine Member, and Patience Lake Member. Mineralogically, these members consist of sylvite and halite, with minor amounts of carnallite (KCl, MgCl 6H O).

In the Esterhazy area, the Esterhazy, White Bear and Belle Plaine Members are present, and the Patience Lake Member is absent. The following is a summary of the key stratigraphic units for the Esterhazy Potash Facility area:
• Belle Plaine Member: The Belle Plaine Member underlies Second Red Bed and makes up part of the salt back that is critical to isolating the ........


Mining Methods

  • Continuous
  • Room-and-pillar


Summary:

The Esterhazy Potash Facility, located in Saskatchewan, Canada started production at K1 in 1962 and at K2 in 1967. For approximately 60 years it consisted of two interconnected mines, K1 and K2. In 2010, work began to expand the mine into a new area of the potash deposit. The K3 mine is accessed with separate shafts and provides orc to the existing processing plants at KI and K2 via overland conveyor. Production at the K3 mine began in 2018 and is expected to operate until 2054. The KI and K2 mines ceased production in June 2021

K4, an area consisting of mineral resources has been scheduled in the 2021 LOM plan after mining depletion of the K3 mineral reserves. The mineral resources arc tentatively scheduled to start production in 2050 and expected to last until 2090. The processing plants at KI and K2 arc expected to be accessed via overland conveyors to receive the orc from K4.

Mining at Esterhazy has always used the room and pillar method. The planned total extraction of the in-situ potash ore is 27.6%. Pillars are left in place between mining rooms to support the overlying rock. This is intended to prevent a failure of the upper rock formations and to prevent an inflow of brine from any overlying water bearing zones. These pillars also help minimize localized rock movement and maintain safe working conditions for the underground work force.

The room and pillar mining is completed on a single level. The rooms are cut at 8.5 to 9.0 ft high ( ........


Crushing and Grinding
Source: Subscription required

- subscription is required.


Processing

Flow Sheet: Subscription required

Summary:

- subscription is required.


Production:

CommodityUnits202120202019201820172016
Potash Mt  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required4.64.34.2
All production numbers are expressed as crystals.
Subscription required - Subscription is required.

Operational Metrics:

Metrics202120202019201820172016
Ore tonnes mined  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required11.9 Mt13.9 Mt13.1 Mt12.6 Mt
Annual production capacity  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required6 Mt of potash crystals5.3 Mt of potash crystals5.3 Mt of potash crystals5.3 Mt of potash crystals
Subscription required - Subscription is required.

Reserves at December 31, 2021:

CategoryTonnage CommodityGrade
Proven 122 Mt K2O 23.9 %
Probable 437 Mt K2O 20.9 %
Proven & Probable 559 Mt K2O 21.5 %
Measured 255 Mt K2O 23.3 %
Indicated 2,092 Mt K2O 22.8 %
Measured & Indicated 2,347 Mt K2O 22.8 %

Financials:

Units2020201920182017
Capital expenditures M USD  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required 338   287  



Heavy Mobile Equipment as of December 31, 2021:
HME TypeModelSizeQuantity
Bolter ....................... Subscription required
Continuous Miner ....................... Subscription required
Crane 25 t ....................... Subscription required
Crane 20 t ....................... Subscription required
Crane 15 t ....................... Subscription required
Crane 10 t ....................... Subscription required
Crane 6 t ....................... Subscription required
Excavator ....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required
Forklift ....................... Subscription required
Personnel Carrier ....................... Subscription required
Scoop Tram 2.5 cu. yd ....................... Subscription required
Scoop Tram 6 cu. yd ....................... Subscription required
Scoop Tram 3 cu. yd ....................... Subscription required
Scoop Tram 4 cu. yd ....................... Subscription required
Truck ....................... Subscription required
Truck (fuel / lube) ....................... Subscription required
Subscription required - Subscription is required.

Mine Management:

Job TitleNameProfileRef. Date
....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required Subscription required Jun 29, 2022
....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required Subscription required Jun 29, 2022
....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required Subscription required Jun 29, 2022
....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required Subscription required Jun 29, 2022
....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required Subscription required Jun 29, 2022
....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required Subscription required Jun 29, 2022
....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required Subscription required Jun 29, 2022
Subscription required - Subscription is required.

Staff:

Total WorkforceYear
Subscription required 2021

Corporate Filings & Presentations:

DocumentYear
................................... Subscription required 2021
................................... Subscription required 2020
................................... Subscription required 2019
Form 10-K 2018
Form 10-K 2017
Form 10-K 2016
Other 2015
Other 2014
Other 2009
Subscription required - Subscription is required.

Subscription required - Subscription is required.

Terms of Use Privacy Policy © 2017-2023 MDO Data Online Inc.