11 July 2016

The production of potash fertilizers at the Unterbreizbach site of the Werra plant has temporarily resumed today. Production is expected to be maintained until 14 July 2016. Production at the Werra site is still determined by the strongly limited disposal possibilities as well as the available basin capacities.

Operations were interrupted at the Unterbreizbach site on 13 June 2016, because the production wastewater could no longer be disposed of or temporarily stored. Approximately 350 employees in production and mining had been working short time since then. Because the amount of temporarily stored saline wastewater in the basins could be reduced in the meantime, a temporary resumption of production is now possible.

At the neighboring Hattorf site, where operations were suspended on 15 June 2016, production is still at a standstill with the exception of Epsom salt production. About 650 employees are working short time here.

There have been up to 60 days of short-time working since the beginning of the year at the Hattorf and Unterbreizbach site due to production shutdowns as a result of insufficient disposal possibilities for saline wastewater.

Only the Wintershall site has not been affected by production shutdowns and short-time working so far. Its saline wastewater is being temporarily stored in basins, if it cannot be disposed of by discharge into the Werra or by making use of the low injection quota. Wintershall is particularly geared towards the production of fertilizer specialties and it is also the sole facility where pharmaceutical salt is produced.

About K+S KALI GmbH

K+S KALI GmbH based in Kassel extracts crude salts containing potassium, magnesium and sulphur from its six mines in Germany. These are used to produce a wide range of fertiliser specialties and preliminary products for many different technical, industrial and pharmaceutical applications. K+S KALI GmbH is one of the world's leading suppliers of potash and magnesium products. The company belonging to the K+S Group employs about 8,000 people.

You can find further information about K+S KALI GmbH on the company website at www.kali-gmbh.com


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