Source: Hoʻolaha Hōʻike IMC Global Press
Me ka makaukau makahiki o nā kumumana miliona he miliona, IMC Kalium Aia i waena o nā mea hana i ka ipuʻai potash o ka honua a me nā kumu kūʻai haʻahaʻa. Me nā kūʻai ʻupena 1997 a me nā palena palena nui o $ 617.4 miliona a me $ 237.7 miliona, i kēlā me kēia, ʻo ka ʻohana ʻoihana ka 14% o ka hiki honua.
Ua kūʻai ʻia nā huahana potash o IMC Kalium ma nā ʻāina he 20 a ʻoi aku ma ka makahiki 1997. ʻO Kina ka mea kūʻai aku kūʻai nui loa o ka ʻoihana, a ʻo 18% o nā hoʻouna a Kalium i hoʻouna ʻia i loko o ka makahiki. ʻO nā hoʻouna i ka US mahiʻai a me nā ʻoihana ʻoihana he 55% a me 13%. ʻO ka mahiʻai mahiʻai Kanada a me nā ʻoihana hana i helu ʻia no 4% o ka nui o nā hoʻouna.
Hana ʻo IMC Kalium i ʻelima mau mines ma Kanada a ʻekolu mau mines ma ka US IMC Kalium e wehewehe nei i kāna Belle Plaine, Saskatchewan Canada, ʻo wau ka hopena o ke ʻano he "mine potash kumukūʻai haʻahaʻa loa o ka honua." Hoʻopuka ia i kahi muriate keʻokeʻo kiʻekiʻe keʻokeʻo kiʻekiʻe no nā mākeke ʻoihana.
E hoʻihoʻi hou i ka potash, hoʻohana ka pākuʻu Belle Plaine i kahi Ellicott® ʻO B-490 kahi pahu wai piha waʻa piha me ka mīkini i hana pono me nā makahiki he nui.
ʻO IMC Kaliumthrough ka hoʻohana ʻana o ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana o nā kinapona i hoʻomohala ʻia a me nā ʻōnaehana crystallization.
I ka wā e hoʻopiʻi ʻia ai ka hopena i loko o kahi pā hoʻoluʻu 130-acre kahi e loaʻa ai ka crystallization hou a loaʻa hou ka hopena hopena ma o ka Ellicott® dred dredge. Hoʻopili ʻia ka potash i hoʻomāhelele ʻia, maloʻo a pāpaʻi ʻia.
ka Product - Hana ʻo IMC Kalium i nā huahana potash like ʻole, kekahi o lākou ma o nā kaʻina hoʻomehana. Hoʻomaka ka hoʻomaka ʻana me ka uhai ʻana i ka pālolo e hoʻokaʻawale i nā ʻāpana o ka potash a me ka paʻakai ma kēlā me kēia ma kahi o 3 / 8 iniha. A laila, hoʻākoakoa ʻia ka pā i hao ʻia me ka brine, kahi hoʻonā paʻakai, a hoʻomoʻi ʻia ma o nā kikowaena 10-mesh, ʻo ia kahi o ka nui o nā pā aniani o ka hale. Nā ʻōhua nui i hoʻoiho ʻia e ka ʻaoʻao i ka Heavy Media. ʻO nā liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi e hāʻule i loko a hele i Flotation. I kahi kūlana o ke keʻena kikowaena uila paʻa elele, ua ʻike ʻia nā ʻōuli o ka hana o ka papa ma ka hōʻoia ʻana i nā huahana maikaʻi.
Pānaʻi Heavy - Ma kēia kaʻina hana, ʻo nā kīʻaha ākea ʻole i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia o ka potash a me ka paʻakai e hui ʻia me ka brine a me ka magnetite. ʻO ka hohonu maoli o kēia hopena pāhana paʻakaha he ʻano kū ka potash i ka maka a e hoʻomalo i nā paʻakai a me nā kīpaha i lalo. ʻO ka ipu palau, a i ʻole nā ʻāpana lahilahi koʻi, laila e holoi ʻia, de-brined a maloʻo. ʻO kekahi mau pālala, i kapa ʻia nā middlings, ʻaʻole i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia i ke kaʻina media koʻikoʻi. Hoʻopili hou ʻia lākou, uhi ʻia, a kuhikuhi ʻia i ka flotation.
Ke kiʻi - ʻO ka mea mua, hoʻokaʻawale ʻia nā mea hoʻonāola a me ka brine mai kēia mau liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi o ke koʻo i kahi hana i kapa ʻia ʻo desliming. ʻAe, ua pākia ʻia ke ʻano me nā reagents kemana e kāʻili i nā ʻāpana potash. A laila e hui ʻia me ka brine. Kuhi ʻia kēia slurry i loko o nā pahu kālai a hoʻowai ʻia ka ea i loko o ke kāwili ʻana. ʻO nā palupalu paʻa o nā potash e hoʻopili ana i ka pulu o ka lewa a kū aʻe i ka papa e hana ana i ka helu Piula a me Kaukaʻi Kūʻai Kūʻai. Hoʻopili ʻia ka potash, pana-maloʻo a maloʻo. Ke waiho nei ka paʻakai ma lalo ʻole, e kolo i lalo.
Kalikimaka ʻO nā kumukūʻai, a i ʻole ole potash lepo, i loaʻa i ka puʻu ʻikepili a me ka hana hoʻopili scavenger. Hoʻemi ʻia nā loina i loko o ka paina i hoʻomoʻo a hoʻihoʻi hou ʻia e ka hoʻoluʻu ʻana ma nā papa ʻekolu, e hana ana i nui, nā aniani o ka potash (White Muriate). Kāhea ʻia kēia mau ʻakaʻaka a maloʻo. Hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia ka White Muriate i ka 99.9 pakeneka maʻemaʻe KCL ma o ka crystallization hou. Kūpaʻa nui ʻo KCl i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe a hoʻohana ʻia i ka ʻoihana ʻenehana.
Hoʻokūkū - Kahi ʻia ka potash grade e ka paʻina kiʻekiʻe ʻoi loa i ka laulima maʻamau a me ka nui o nā Lula Kūlana Nui i loko o nā kīʻaha potash a ʻokiʻoki ʻia a ʻike ʻia i ka nui.
Hoʻokahi ʻ Steplelo - Kuhi ka hapanui i ka mālama kūikawā e pale iā lākou i ka wā hoʻouna. Inā maloʻo kekahi huahana, e māʻalo paha e lepo. Inā popopo loa, e nānā i ka pōkole. I mea e pale ai i ka lepo a i ʻole caking, hoʻolele ʻia ka huahana me ka hui ʻana o ka aila a me ka amine ma mua o ka ukana. Hoʻohana wale ʻia ʻo White Muriate me ka amine; ʻAʻole pono i ke KCl hoʻōla.
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