Director of Natural Resources
Compass Minerals International
Bio:
Joe Havasi is the Director of Natural Resources for Compass Minerals International (CMP) of Overland Park, Kansas. Joe is responsible for managing real estate, mineral reserves, water rights, and land-use planning. Joe is a geologist by training, having completed undergraduate studies at Denison University, a small liberal arts school in Ohio, completed coursework towards a Masters in Geology at The Ohio State University, and received an MBA in Finance from Youngstown State University. Joe has worked in a variety of roles and capacities, from drill helper, Project Geologist for URS Corporation (now AECOM) before spending five years at Lafarge North America in Cleveland as a Land Manager. Joe joined Compass Minerals in 2010 to lead its Natural Resources function and resides in Salt Lake City, Utah. Joe has two children, Joe (22) and Megan (20). Joe enjoys skiing, hiking and camping.
Title: Compass Minerals: Voluntary Agreement—Year 1
Abstract: In September 2024, Compass Minerals, a leading global provider of essential minerals, announced a groundbreaking Voluntary Agreement with the State of Utah to sustainably adjust its brine withdrawal dependent upon the annual elevation of Great Salt Lake. The Voluntary Agreement also included the donation of non-production-related water rights totaling approximately 201,000 acre feet annually. Additionally, the company remitted nearly 65,000 acres of leasehold to the State. Now, a year and a half has progressed into the Voluntary Agreement, and Joe will share with the GSL community an update on changed lake elevation, operating conditions and opportunities. He will also discuss the salinity paradigm with the existence of the berm separating the South and North Arms of Great Salt Lake.
