London-based organic phosphate producer Keras Resources plc announced on Oct. 20 that it has successfully completed its extended mining campaign at its Diamond Creek mine in Utah. It said a total of 3,000 tons of phosphate ore, 500 tons more than targeted, was mined and crushed and will now be loaded and hauled to the Spanish Fork processing facility before the end of its mining season, which formally ends Oct. 31, 2022.
Keras said that in addition to the material already stockpiled, this crushed ore will be milled during the winter months to produce 10-mesh and 50-mesh products for the US fertilizer market. The 10-mesh product will be sold to an existing offtake client and the 50-mesh will either be packaged and sold directly to customers or fed into the mill in Spanish Fork to produce 100-mesh and 350-mesh products.