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Summer 2019 Newsplus MT PRINT.Indd SUMMER 2019 BOULBY WELCOMES Boulby CHAIRMAN TO THE SITE page 3 NewspluS Butterfl ies abound in ICL Boulby meadow page 10 Polysulphate sales break all records page 3 Keeping the ‘fl ying doctor’ in the air page 14 Former Boulby worker awarded MBE page 18 BUSINESS News WELCOME to the second edition of our Newsletter that is aimed at keeping everybody as up to date as possible with events in and around Boulby mine and Tees Dock. It’s a packed edition this time around with more news, more stories and more features than before. More on that shortly, but I want to remind you all of the message I sent out earlier this year – after a challenging time the mine is now well on course to move forward. Further investment in new equipment is planned and the record set in July for polyhalite hoist underlines our drive to strengthen our position as the world’s first and only producer of this mineral which we now market in 22 countries on five continents. All of this was underpinned by a visit to the mine of the ICL Chairman, Yoav Doppelt. Although his visit was a brief one there was still plenty of time to update him on developments here and on our plans for the future. More on those will be revealed in time. I also want to reaffirm that the company is committed to reintroducing its apprentice programme. Local training organisations are on standby and the first intake start in early August. All this and more is aimed at ensuring that Boulby and its operation at Tees Dock remain great places to work. To that end we have initiated the Employer of Choice surveys. For more information see pluS the feature in this Newsletter and please take the time to get involved in the next survey that follows later this year. All this activity is reflected in the wide range of stories in this Newsletter, many of them penned by yourselves. We love that and we’d like to have more of you contribute. Contact details are in this edition so don’t hesitate to get in touch. Finally, I trust you all shall enjoy Summer downtime with both family and friends, but importantly if you are travelling do so safely and see you on your return. Best Wishes Andrew Andrew Fulton ICL Boulby Vice President 2 Boulby NewspluS \ SUMMER 2019 BUSINESS Record sales boosting food Setting records as we production welcome the Chairman across fi ve JUST AS WE CELEBRATED our fi rst year of becoming the world’s fi rst and only polyhalite mine we continued to set new records. General Manager and Vice President Andrew Fulton announced that in continents late July we set a new weekly hoist record of 18,449 tonnes as we head towards our production target of 700,000 tonnes by the end of the year. JUST AS THE LAST Newsletter was Said Mr Fulton, “It is particularly good news that we have been able to going to press news was coming in deliver our best ever weekly output in the same week we have been visited that we had broken Polysulphate by the Chairman of our parent ICL company, Mr Yoav Doppelt, to see for sales records. himself what we have been able to achieve in the past year and to discuss In March we notched up an all- our long term plans. time high with a 30% increase in the “Backing from ICL has been vital in the continuing programme of previous best. investment in meeting the challenge of mining an entirely new mineral and Records were broken across in helping us develop a wide range of markets,” declared Andrew. our product range – standard Polysulphate, Polysulphate Minis and PotashpluS. The increase in demand across our product range meant that, as well as stepping up output at the mine, it was a busy time for the ICL distribution terminal at Tees Dock. Says Terminal Manager Mark Wilson “In March we were kept very busy handling vessels transporting products to and from places as far afi eld as China, Brazil, Spain, Antwerp, and Amsterdam. (Above L-R): Yoav Doppelt, ICL Chairman: Noam Goldstein, President ICL Potash Division; Andrew Fulton, ICL Boulby General Manager and VIce President “In just one example we loaded 20,000 tonnes onto the bulk carrier Western Boheme for shipment to Brazil. “The switch from potash to It is particularly good news that polyhalite has posed signifi cant we have been“ able to deliver our challenges for our facilities at Tees Dock. It is a heavier product which best ever weekly output in the same handles very diff erently from potash and we are investing signifi cantly week we have been visited by the in upgrading our facilities and Chairman of our parent ICL company equipment to handle it without negative impacts on safety or the environment.” Boulby NewspluS \ SUMMER 2019 3 BUSINESS Putting our EMPLOYER people in OF CHOICE the spotlight SURVEY FANS OF SOCIAL MEDIA may have already noticed that we are featuring a new programme of videos across three platforms. We’ve called it ‘Meet the People’ and they feature key experts in our team. First up have been the mine’s senior – your opinion counts exploration geologist Thomas Edwards and Environmental Services Manager Gemma Tilley. AS MANY OF YOU will know this year we launched a drive to become Thomas explains that one of the recognised as an Employer of Choice. To that end we held the fi rst survey key roles of the geology team is to in which every member of staff was invited to take part. Those results produce what he describes as ‘an are in and our task now is to celebrate what we are good at but, more underground Ordnance Survey’ map importantly, to identify and work towards making plans in order to of the mine, identifying where the best improve the areas where we think we could do things better. quality polyhalite can be found. He also explains many of the key diff erences Why become an Employer of Choice? which have arisen following the switch In a nutshell we want to make sure we are a place that people really want to from potash production to polyhalite. come and work; where they will feel valued and supported and have access A newcomer to the ICL Boulby to all the things they need to enable them to do their job eff ectively. In so team, Gemma Tilley heads up our doing we hope to foster a workforce that is engaged, committed and feels environmental services, maintaining valued leading to Operational Excellence, employee loyalty, a strong fi nancial and managing nature reserves, as well performance leading to an ability to attract and retain talent and create a as the mine’s material recycling. She stronger employer brand. explains that ICL maintains large areas of woodland within the North York How do we go about it? Moors National Park with a wide variety In essence we are looking at two key areas of function: of wildlife and is also open to the public. She is also involved in ensuring that the ENABLEMENT maximum amount of waste material is We want to develop the structures and support within which everyone can recycled. feel motivated and valued. By giving the necessary direction, guidance, resources, training and tools employees will be able to continue performing well – “I can do”. ENGAGEMENT We want to nurture the extent to which employees are motivated to contribute to organisational success and are willing to go the extra mile to achieve our organisational goals by giving clear and promising direction and having confi dence in our leaders, as well as providing development opportunities – “I want to”. These developments will lead to the sort of all round improvements that will make ICL Boulby stand out as a place to work but, more importantly, make the change here at Boulby – an Employer of Choice. What next? The survey results are in and it shows our top ten favourable strengths, this is to be celebrated. It also highlighted the top ten least favourable items or opportunities for improvement. We will be looking at some of these items to Gemma Tilley allow us to focus on some of the improvements that have been highlighted in a bid to make changes before the next survey is launched before the end of We want to demonstrate to the world the year. Hopefully this will show that we are moving in the right direction to the wide range of expertise we need implement the changes identifi ed by the people who have participated. onboard in order to operate as a major That gives everybody another chance to have a say. The more people taking site. We also explain the challenges of part, the more detailed can be our response to areas needing improvement. leading the world in developing the So please get involved. Your say is important! potential of polyhalite to meet the needs of farmers across the world. YOUR OPINION COUNTS. If you have not yet seen these fi lms Details of the survey are displayed across site on our campaign boards. the ‘Meet Our People’ videos can be Keep your eyes open for further updates. found on Facebook, You Tube and Instagram. 4 Boulby NewspluS \ SUMMER 2019 BUSINESS An invitation to visit... ICL’s fertilizers the focus of AS THE DUST settled over the attention at major UN meeting recent local government elections we quickly sought to maintain our good relationship with Redcar and Cleveland council by inviting Councillor BACK IN MARCH the link between our fertilizers, transformative changes in Mary Lanigan, the new leader of the agriculture and improved human nutrition was the focus of attention for one authority, to visit the site.
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