RE: BBC report16 Sep 2019 14:42
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is being urged to support a North Yorkshire based company trying to secure funds to develop what would be the world's largest potash fertiliser mine.
Potash mine
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The mine, near Whitby, suffered a setback after a bond aimed at raising money for the project was pulled.
Sirius Minerals is looking to raise more than £400m before the end of this month for the next phase of the scheme, which is expected to create more than 1,000 jobs.
Scarborough and Whitby's Conservative MP, Robert Goodwill, says he's made representations at "the highest possible level".
The company plans to transport up to 10 million tonnes of polyhalite a year from Whitby to Redcar using a 23-mile (37km) tunnel.