kann der partner die aecon sein.
"TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – Canada’s biggest publicly traded construction firm Aecon won an $80-million contract for site preparation and early works at a new potash mine in Saskatchewan, believed to be BHP Billiton’s massive Jansen Lake project.
The work includes site grading, construction of temporary roads, preparation of sediment ponds, and layouts for the camp, Aecon said on Wednesday.
The firm added that it had already started the job, and would complete it in the fall of next year.
“This contract represents an important step forward for Aecon Mining, expanding its client base and its reach in Western Canada's resource sector,” COO Teri McKibbon said in a statement.
While not naming the company that awarded it the contract, Aecon said the project was some 140 km east of Saskatoon, which is where BHP Billiton is developing Jansen, set to ultimately produce eight-million tons a year of the crop nutrient.
The world’s biggest mining company has already devoted around C$1.2-billion to the early stage development at Jansen, and has said it will take the project to its board for approval next year, with the view to starting production in 2015.
Aecon spokesperson Mitch Patten did not respond to calls from Mining Weekly Online seeking comment.
Saskatchewan accounts for around one-third of global potash production and hosts about half the world's known resources.
dazu dann western potash:
"TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – Western Potash, which has soared 80% on the TSX this month, said late on Wednesday it is not in formal takeover talks, and hopes to announce a strategic partner for its Milestone project in Saskatchewan by the end of the year.
Corporate development VP John Costigan said in an interview that there had been speculation that an acquisition might be on the cards for the company, but these were simply rumours and Western Potash aimed to build Milestone.
Shares in the potash junior spiked 17% on Tuesday, adding a further 10% on Wednesday.
Vancouver-based Fundamental Research analyst Siddharth Rajeev said earlier this week the jump might be a function of Western Potash’s anticipated announcement of the prefeasibility study results at Milestone, adding there was also speculation the company might be acquired by a major.
Costigan told Mining Weekly Online Western Potash had “been talking to the shakers and movers over the past year”, but that the Vancouver-based firm’s intention was to find a strategic partner, not to sell.
“Nobody’s made us any [buyout] offers,”
He said Western Potash aimed to secure an agreement with a partner “sooner rather than later... hopefully by the end of the year”.
According to Costigan, the dramatic rise in the junior’s share price might be attributed to the market's anticipation of the prefeasibility study’s release, as well as the fact that Western Potash had over the past few weeks been marketing itself to funds.
“They finally pulled out their cheque books,” he said.
The company last year published the results of a scoping study outlining a $2.5-billion capital cost for a 2.5-million-ton-a-year operation at Milestone, which will be a solution mine, meaning the miner will extract potash by pumping water into the orebody to dissolve the minerals, which is then pumped back up to surface.
Western Potash slid 3% to $1.29 a share by 12:29 in Toronto."
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