Specifications - Boulby Potash Mine, United Kingdom

Key Data
Producer of	Potash
Location	Northeast England
Ownership	Israel Chemicals Ltd (100%)
Geology type	Permian evaporite sequences overlain by porous sandstones and other sedimentary rocks
Mineral type	Sylvinite and halite
Reserve base	28.4Mt grading 40.2% KCl, plus additional resources of 3Mt grading 38.7% KCl
Annual production	1Mt/y potash and 450,000–660,000t/y salt
Mining Method	Room and pillar, using remote controlled continuous miners
Processing method	Grinding / flotation, compaction and crystallisation to yield three potash grades and marketable salt
Employment	828
Key Equipment
Underground	Jeffrey 1060 and Joy 12HM26 continuous miners
	Joy 10SC22 and 10SC32 shuttle cars
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