Michigan is sitting on a motherlode of potash and Ted Pagano is using $1.3 billion in government funds to mine it and grab market share away from Canada and Russia. The eureka moment came in 2012, when professor emeritus William Harrison of the University of Western Michigan invited Ted Pagano, then a 35-year-old freelance geologist, to his 27,000-square-foot geological repository in Kalamazoo.
Today, the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council (Permitting Council) announced increased transparency, accountability, and predictability for the permitting review process for the first wave of critical mineral production projects—with many more projects on the way—in response to President Trump’s Executive Order, Immediate Measures to Increase American Mineral Production.
ICYMI— The Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council (Permitting Council) today announced increased transparency and accountability for the federal permitting of two Department of Energy (DOE) critical minerals projects. The projects — Michigan Potash
EVART, Mich.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Michigan Potash Chief Development Officer Cory Christofferson issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s Executive Order on critical minerals: “In his executive order, Immediate Measures to Increase American Mineral Production, President Trump rightly acknowledges our country’s imperative need to accelerate domestic critical mineral production. America’s national and economic security are threatened by our reliance upon foreign countries for numerous critical minerals, including potash fertilizer. And we agree with the President that it is imperative for the U.S. to take immediate action to accelerate domestic critical mineral production.
EVART, Mich.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Michigan Potash & Salt Co. (Michigan Salt) today announced the launch of its new salt business, which will produce 1 million tons of food-quality salt, strategically located within a high-demand area the United States.