钾碱资源于1943年在萨斯喀彻温首先被发现,60年代初首先开始生产,到1970年已有10个矿区开采,其生产能力相当于当时世界总消耗量的50％,由于供应过剩,使价格下降,影响将来的钾碱工业发展。地方政府引入项目,成立联合公司以稳定局势。在70年代当世界的需要量增加时,生产得到改进,能力扩大,税收额提高。地方政府在5个矿区直接变成贸易主,使有些 Potash was first discovered in Saskatchewan in 1943, first in the early 1960s, and by 10 mines in 1970. Its production capacity was equivalent to 50% of the total world consumption at the time due to oversupply. , The price will decline, affecting the future development of the potash industry. Local governments introduced projects and set up joint companies to stabilize the situation. When the world’s needs increased in the 1970s, production was improved, capabilities expanded, and tax revenues increased. Local governments directly become traders in five mining areas, making some