YANCOAL - Do we really need another potash mine in SK???????

YANCOAL - Do we really need another potash mine in SK???????

Postby Oscar » Wed Jul 29, 2015 9:02 am

YANCOAL POTASH MINE MEETINGS:

July 29 - Southey Town Hall - 6:00 p.m.

July 30 - Strasbourg Lower Hall - 6:00 p.m.


- Snow pack is decreasing

- GLACIERS are dying or dead

- Water is a ‘commons’ – belongs to everyone

- 2,000 construction jobs/250 long-term jobs = a few years down the grid . . . abandoned farms and towns - even cities - because there’s no water!

What reasonable person would allow extraction (and pollution) of such an enormous quantity of our precious water from the natural system for corporate profit by any company, foreign or local, with a such questionable environmental reputation . . . . . ?

Same old palaver about no negative impacts? . . . NOT POSSIBLE!!

Do we really need another potash mine in Saskatchewan??????????

. . . . just wondering


Elaine Hughes
ARCHERWILL, SK


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People around Earl Grey, Sask., discuss proposed potash mine

[ http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatche ... -1.3165238 ]


CBC News Posted: Jul 23, 2015 1:33 PM CT| Last Updated: Jul 23, 2015 10:34 PM CT

EXCERPT:

The project plans to use a solution mining technique where water is poured into wells to bring potash up to the surface instead of conventional digging and extraction of the mineral from underground mine shafts.

Yancoal has a license to use water from the Buffalo Pound reservoir for the proposed operation and is also set to pay a water rights fee to Saskatchewan's Water Security Agency.

Yancoal spokesperson Asad Naqvi said the company will need a maximum of between 11 and 12 million cubic metres of water for the mine annually, but noted the amount will reduce substantially after operations are stable.

"I don't know the exact number but it would be quite a lot," Naqvi said. "Initially it would be high but then you start recycling the water and the amount goes down."

Beckel said water usage is a big concern and described the proposed operation as needing an "incredible amount" of water.

Carol Nixon, another local resident, had a similar view and said water should not be compromised for a foreign-owned business.

"Freshwater is our lifeblood. Without it our communities won't exist," Nixon said prior to the meeting. "We're upset."

Naqvi said the amount of water Yancoal will use is a sustainable amount, based upon an environmental impact study.

"That would not affect the human use or even the farming use," he said.

Resident refuses sale of land to company

At least one local land owner has taken a firm stance on selling land to the project developers until he has more information.

Yancoal has tried to buy farmer Rick Stettner's land, but he told the company he's not interested.

"When they asked about it, it was a low-ball offer and you have seven days to decide," Stettner said prior to Thursday's meeting. "Without any answers or information on what they were doing with it, we just let [the offer] expire

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[ http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatche ... -1.3165238 ]
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Re: YANCOAL - Do we really need another potash mine in SK???

Postby Oscar » Wed Jun 15, 2016 9:19 pm

Gensource planning small potash mine for south central Saskatchewan – June 12, 2016.
[ http://www.mining.com/gensource-plannin ... katchewan/ ]
The CEO of Saskatoon-based Gensource Potash Corp. says their mine will be unique in method and production levels.


Environmental group urges caution in ‘fast-tracking’ proposed potash mine north of Regina - June 6, 2016
[ http://globalnews.ca/news/2745238/envir ... of-regina/ ]
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