Saturday, December 21, 2024

Phosphate mine in north to reopen

A British Columbia company has bought a phosphate mine near Kapuskasing and plans to bring it back into production.

Agrium closed in in 2013 saying the deposit was running out.


But there is keen demand for phosphorous fertilizer and another company said earlier this year it plans to open a mine near Hearst, also in Northern Ontario.


Infracon Construction Inc., the buyer at Kapuskasing, said it plans to work with Cargill Township the indigenous community of Taykwa Tagamou Nation.