17 Jan, 25

Michigan Potash secures conditional commitment for a loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Energy to enhance food security through major fertilizer project

EVART, Mich. — A technologically advanced and energy efficient potash and salt production facility more than a decade in the making got a critical boost through a conditional commitment for a loan guarantee of up to $1.26 billion from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO). The facility will create good paying jobs and improve U.S. food security by reducing America’s near-total dependence on foreign countries for a critical mineral.

17 Jan, 25

LPO Announces Conditional Commitment to Michigan Potash to Produce Fertilizer for U.S. Farmers

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office (LPO) announced today a conditional commitment for a loan guarantee of up to $1.26 billion ($1.12 billion in principal and $141 million in capitalized interest) to Michigan Potash Company, LLC (Michigan Potash). The loan guarantee will help finance the construction of a potash solution mine and processing plant in Osceola County, Michigan, to produce approximately 800,000 tons per year of fertilizer-grade muriate of potash and about 1 million tons per year of salt.