Sirius sees positive potash results

Sirius Minerals, the firm behind the proposed York Potash Project, has announced further positive results from trials comparing its polyhalite potash with ordinary potash.
By The Newsroom
Published 2nd Mar 2015, 13:05 BST

The group said that its polyhalite, a high performing potash mineral found in North Yorkshire, improved corn cob height by nine per cent and reduced the severity of sheath blight by 71 per cent.

The announcement follows a recently completed corn study at the Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Science and a rice study undertaken with Nanjing Institute of Soil Science.

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Sirius said that corn is the largest cereal crop in the world, demanding 7.33 million tonnes of potash.

Chris Fraser, managing director and CEO of Sirius, said: “Another strong performance from polyhalite on such widespread and important crops is welcome and will continue to aid our discussions with current and future customers.”

Last month Sirius submitted the final information about plans for the project to the relevant local authorities. Sirius said it looks forward to a decision being made in the near future.

The decision is expected in May following the submission of supplementary environmental information.

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