USA Growing Solutions team benefit from a visit to Boulby Mine!

On the 26^th June, ICL UK Sales welcomed both colleagues and customers from the USA to Boulby Mine for the third time in the past 12 months, to gain information about Polysulphate, the mine itself and to collaborate with the UK team on sales and marketing.

The two-day visit began with a presentation on Quality Control by Glen Collins, and a surface tour of the mine. Richard Ward from ICL UK Sales followed the tour with commercial and product presentations and a discussion on the market and how Polysulphate fits the future trends.

The team spent the afternoon underground with Mark Allen and Paul Byrski, the visitors experienced the reality of working in a mine and the overall effort that goes into mining and processing the product.

The following day, Agronomist Scott Garnett continued to illustrate the story of Polysulphate by taking the team to one of our advocate farms.

The whole team expressed sincere gratitude to those who took the time out of their day to help. Specific comments made by Chris McClain highlighted how useful the mine visits are.

‘I appreciate ICL providing this type of hands-on training that will allow employees and customers to understand processes, procedures, and efforts needed to get each ton of Polysulphate to the market.’

Zach Minnihan also praised the team for their contributions to an informative visit.

‘The insights you provided around Polysulphate are incredibly valuable to our North American customers.  Your efforts have significantly enhanced our understanding and ability to serve our market.’

Previous visits by the team resulted in ICL Growing Solutions USA growing sales and being awarded the Q1 Extra Miler for Division Recognition competition for their efforts introducing PKpluS into the Canadian market growing Polysulphate sales. Let’s hope this visit has a similar result.

We would like to thank everyone involved in these visits and for displaying a positive attitude and hands-on approach in our mine visits. Without your efforts, these achievements like this would not be possible. Each visit offers a valuable insight into the mine itself, as well as strategies, case studies and product information that assists in successfully selling Polysulphate to our farmers.