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Specifications - Rocanville Potash Mine, Saskatchewan, Canada
| Key Data |
| Producer of | Potash |
| Location | Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Ownership | Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan (100%) |
| Geology type | Devonian evaporite sequences |
| Mineral type | Sylvite, carnallite, halite and clay |
| Reserve base | 372Mt mineable; 1,132Mt inferred resource |
| Annual production | 7.5Mt of ore and 2.57Mt of potash products (2005) |
| Mining method | Underground long room-and-pillar, using two- and four-rotor continuous miners |
| Processing method | Crushing, desliming, cyclones, flotation |
| Employment | 340 |
| Key Equipment |
| Underground | Marietta two- and four-rotor continuous miners |
| Concentrator | Allen Bradley central control system |
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