Rocanville Potash Mine,

Specifications - Rocanville Potash Mine, Saskatchewan, Canada


Key Data
Producer ofPotash
LocationSaskatchewan, Canada
OwnershipPotash Corporation of Saskatchewan (100%)
Geology typeDevonian evaporite sequences
Mineral typeSylvite, carnallite, halite and clay
Reserve base372Mt mineable; 1,132Mt inferred resource
Annual production7.5Mt of ore and 2.57Mt of potash products (2005)
Mining methodUnderground long room-and-pillar, using two- and four-rotor continuous miners
Processing methodCrushing, desliming, cyclones, flotation
Employment340
Key Equipment
UndergroundMarietta two- and four-rotor continuous miners
ConcentratorAllen Bradley central control system
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