PDAC Video: BHP works towards 2026 production start for Jansen potash mine

Leveraging a $10 billion investment to build its Jansen potash mine in Saskatchewan, BHP (NYSE, LSE, ASX: BHP) is targeting 4.3 million tonnes of production by next year, says project lead Karina Gistelinck.

As BHP moves its portfolio away from steelmaking materials and towards what Gistelinck calls “future-facing commodities,” it’s striving to align its sustainability goals with how it produces potash.

“By design the mine in Saskatchewan is about 30% more energy-efficient than an average mine in Saskatchewan,” Gistelinck said in an interview last month at the annual Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada convention in Toronto. “And (it’s) also more than 40% more water-efficient than any mine in Saskatchewan.”

With tariff tensions dominating headlines and the United States a major potash consumer, Gistelinck says BHP is focusing on diversifying its customer base to help it weather political headwinds.

Watch the full conversation with The Northern Miner’s western editor, Henry Lazenby: