UNDERGROUND

Developing Woodsmith

Once in production, Sirius Minerals’ Woodsmith mine, located near Whitby, North Yorkshire, UK, will be extracting polyhalite, a unique multi-nutrient fertiliser, from beneath the North York Moors. Sirius’ Leoni Bradnam gives an update on the project’s development

Leoni Bradnam
Exploration drilling at Woodsmith

Exploration drilling at Woodsmith

The Woodsmith mine is part of the company's broader polyhalite project that also involves: a mineral transport system (MTS), consisting of a 37km-long conveyor belt system in an underground tunnel located...

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