Mammoet replaces headframe at massive potash mine in Canada

Mitchell Keller Managing Editor, American Cranes & Transport

03 June 2026

New headframe for potash mine in Canada. Photo: Mammoet New headframe modules are installed with crawler cranes and SPMTs at a potash mine in Canada. Photo: Mammoet

Mammoet completed the replacement of a mine headframe at BHP’s Jansen potash mine in Saskatchewan, Canada, swapping a 796-tonne unit for a new one weighing 2,090 tonnes.

The project, carried out for contractor Ledcor, required Mammoet to remove the existing lower headframe section, install a 60-tonne staircase tower inside the…

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