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“ It ’ s who we are and it ’ s the way we do things . We will address whatever is coming in the future in the same way that we ’ ve addressed everything we ’ ve done so far . That ’ s one of the things that sets us aside ; our ability to change and evolve and meet the next challenge ”
— Graham Clarke , Operations Director at Sirius Minerals
79 surpassed expectations . It was decided that , rather than turn polyhalite into SOP , a product which was already widely used , Sirius would market polyhalite itself as a new fertiliser product . This had the added benefit of significantly reducing the energy consumption required for processing .
“ That was choice number one , and that meant that our carbon footprint reduced massively as a project ,” says Fraser . “ It also meant that we didn ’ t have to have a massive chemical process plant nearby consuming huge amounts of gas and water .”
Given the location of the ore body , Fraser also recognised that Sirius needed to work closely with the local community and national government in order to ensure that the Woodsmith Mine could even get off the ground .
“ We made the early design decision that we would not build big headframes into the sky as normally seen with underground mines around the world ,” explains Fraser . “ We decided that all of our infrastructure should go underground . These choices mean that there
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