Specifications - 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
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