Earlier than expected, K+S has produced the first tonnes of marketable potash in its new Bethune potash mine in Saskatchewan.

On May 2, 2017, K+S Potash Canada celebrated the Grand Opening of the Legacy mine, which is now renamed Bethune.

Saskatchewan’s newest solution potash mine may draw its product from underground, but the company that built it is already looking to the sky to give back to its employees and the people of the province.

An excerpt from the half-yearly financial report.

A collaborative effort combining the best of German and Canadian engineering and leadership, and marshalling the talent and experience of hundreds of engineers, has successfully advanced the $4.1 billion Legacy Project through the detailed engineering phase.

The pioneering spirit is alive and well,and it has a name: Legacy. 

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. 

Norbert Steiner, CEO of K+S Group, joined German Chancellor Angela Merkel on an official visit to Canada from August 16-17, 2012. The visit included a luncheon with the Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Ottawa.

The globe’s fifth largest potash producer, and number one producer of salt, has committed to investing over $3 billion in a new potash mine in the R.M. of Dufferin, about 38 kilometers northeast of Moose Jaw.