On April 28th, 2014, the first person checked into KSPC’s construction camp 3 km north-east of the Legacy mine site. Between that day and the official opening on May 29th, the number of people in the camp climbed to approximately 200.
The pioneering spirit is alive and well,and it has a name: Legacy.
The official opening of the K+S Potash Canada GP (KSPC) Legacy Camp was celebrated on June 6, 2014 with a ribbon cutting ceremony at the construction camp near Bethune, Saskatchewan.
Norbert Steiner, CEO of K+S Group met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Berlinin March 2014 on the occasion of Mr. Harper’s official visit to Germany.
K+S Potash Canada (KSPC), a fully owned subsidiary of K+S Aktiengesellschaft and AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, signed a Design and Project Management contract for the Legacy Project
K+S Potash Canada is very happy to report that the first cavern connected on February 11, 2014 at the Legacy Project potash mine, located near Bethune, Saskatchewan. Future production caverns will be based on this initial test cavern.
K+S Potash Canada is thrilled to announce we’ve been awarded a spot on Saskatchewan’s Top Employers list. This special designation recognizes 20 companies in Saskatchewan who offer an exceptional place to work for their employees.
K+S Potash Canada is expecting to hire approximately 60+ positions in 2014 and another 180+ throughout 2015 and 2016, with the majority of the openings in the trades and operations side of the project.
K+S Potash Canada and Canadian Pacific are forming a longstanding partnership to ensure that the transport of product from the Legacy site to clients is both secure and competitive.
The Supervisory Board approved the decision of the Board of Executive Directors to increase the capex budget for the new plant to 4.1 billion CAD (about 3 billion €). The so far assessed 3.25 billion CAD were based on the feasibility study conducted in November 2011.