Belaruskali said as of midnight on June 15 its Petrikov potash mine in Belarus’ Gomel region had produced its first million tons of ore since the launch of the potash mine and processing operation in December 2019 (GM Jan. 3, 2020).
Petrikov has a design capacity of 1.5 million mt/y and produced its first high-quality ton of potassium chloride concentrate on Jan. 30, 2020, at the Petrikov processing plant (GM Feb. 7, 2020).
Belaruskali in late April this year had said it planned to reach output capacity at Petrikov by early 2022, according to a BelTA report, citing the Petrikov Mine Administration (GM April 30, p. 31).