Uralkali today said in connection with the latest media reports, that the company is pointing out that one of the major tasks at the current stage of liquidation of the accident at Solikamsk-2 mine is the possibility of backfilling the worked out areas of the mine with halite waste. Currently, said Uralkali, there is no discussion of the launch of full or partial production in the mine.
“We are discussing with the Federal Service for Ecological, Technological and Nuclear Inspectorate (Rostechnadzor) the possibility to launch the western part of the underground mine complex in order to start the backfilling of areas, which can be considered potentially hazardous by specialists,” said Dmitry Osipov, Uralkali CEO.
Earlier media reports suggested that Uralkali was in discussions to restart production at half of the mine. The governor of the Perm region was also being quoted as saying there was now practically no inflow at the mine.