SIMSA’s Junior Potash 2.0 Event Features Legendary Persons – November 23, 2018
Harvey Haugen – a legend in Saskatchewan’s potash sector. Harvey was born in Birch Hills and never left Saskatchewan for education or work. His previous potash roles began in 1969 at Central Canada Potash, including the senior Chemist, Chief Chemist, and Senior Process Engineer. Then amongst the Alwinsal Lannigan transition to PCS in 1987, he was Chief Metallurgist and was heavily involved in upgrading original plant, then the Phase 2 new 2 Million ton per year plant, then mill superintendent. In 1999, he led the employee buyout of the Wynyard ion exchange research plant owned by PCS, which became Big Quill Resources. Harvey then built a new ion exchange plant, then doubled it, then added Glaserite to bring capacity to 50,000 tons per year. 2001 he moved to Beechy, SK to build the Touchwood magnesium sulphate mine. As of 2009, he is full time on Beechy Potash Products Corporation.
Harvey’s project will use the selective solution mining method, in conjunction with a simple modular mill design.
The key is horizontal wells, into a better designed crystallizer and dryer.
