Benguérir Phosphates Mine, Morocco
Key Data:
Producer of
Phosphate
Location
70km north of Marakesh, 170km east of Safi, Morocco
Ownership
Groupe Office Chérifien des Phosphates (100%)
Geology type
Upper Cretaceous-eocene marine sedimentary phosphorite deposits
Mineral type
Carbonate-fluorapatite pellets
Reserve base
More than 300Mt
Annual production
3.1Mt/y wet phosphate rock (2006)
Mining method
Opencast mining using draglines and mining shovels
Processing method
Crushing and screening only on site
Employment
775
Key equipment
Open pit
Marion 7500 walking draglines
P&H 2355 crawler draglines
Bucyrus-Erie 200B draglines
Bucyrus-Erie 155 electric shovels
Caterpillar 992C wheel loaders
Caterpillar and Komatsu dozers
Komatsu 136t haul trucks
Concentrator
Krupp primary jaw crusher
Koch screening plant
