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| | | John S. McEwan, P.E.
Position: VP Solution Processing
John McEwan is a registered professional engineer with a B.S. and M.S. degree in Chemical Engineering. His +30 years experience in the chemical processing industry includes solution mining from pilot plant to commercial operation. Mr. McEwan's various roles have included process, project, and research engineering, and production and technical management.
Prior to joining Potash One, Mr. McEwan was the principal Process Engineer for Rio Tinto, where he was responsible for process and project engineering duties for feasibility studies and recovery of potash from Rio Tinto's deposits in Argentina and Canada; these projects were later sold to Vale in January 2009 for $850M USD. Mr. McEwan was additionally responsible for the detailed design, construction and start-up of American Soda LLP's 1.3 million tonne/year green field $350M solution mine/chemical plant system for the production of sodium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate and CO2 recovery in Colorado. As American Soda LLP's Technical Manager, Mr. McEwan supervised the technical department's project engineering, plant efficiency calculations, process and product quality trouble shooting, and new project development.
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