RE:SHUTDOWNVery sad news, if it is all true. They hired the "best experts", all the old "potash solution mining experts" and got bad advice. Paid them well.
But I have been trying to point out, the ideas they are promoting are wrong, now proven wrong. There is a simple way to make this work. It would eliminate the pond, the dredge, the submerged combustion units and a lot of the pumps and wells. Just add 2 new wells and some simple crystallizers. Rethink the process. Might be done for the value of surplus equipment replaced.
Surely we can get together somehow and make this work. Demolition and site cleanup will cost millions. Far cheaper to make it work. Lets talk