First ship carrying potash from K+S mine leaves Port Moody terminal for Asia

The company behind Saskatchewan’s newest potash mine says its first ship loaded with fertilizer has weighed anchor and departed from its west coast terminal for customers in Asia.
K+S Potash Canada (KSPC) said in a news release that the ship carrying 30,000 tonnes of potash extracted from its $4.1-billion Bethune mine left its handling facility in Port Moody, near Vancouver, B.C., on Tuesday.
Burkhard Lohr, chairman of K+S AG, KSPC’s parent company, said in a statement that the commi