10K views · 211 reactions | Equipment efficiency and reliability are crucial at the K+S KALI GmbH Zielitz potash plant, one of Germany’s largest and most modern potash mining operations. | Sandvik Mining | Facebook

German potash mine one year ago… This was my first time a few thousand feet underground! The potash deposit is essentially salt thought to be from an ancient ocean that dried up about 250 million years ago. K S Ausbildung Werra mines the deposit by first drilling and blasting enormous tunnels and caverns. Loaders like these then step in to haul the material to conveyors, which transport the potash, sometimes tens of kilometers, to an elevator. Once the potash emerges on the surface from over 300

Evaporation ponds change color at the potash mine in Moab, Utah. The facility produces muriate of potash, a potassium‐containing salt that is a major component in fertilizers. The salt is pumped to the surface from underground brines and dried in these massive solar ponds. As the water evaporates over a span of 300 days, the salts crystallize out. The variation of color occurs because the water is dyed a deep blue (darker water absorbs more sunlight and heat, thereby reducing the amount of time

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Evaporation ponds change color at the potash mine in Moab, Utah. The facility produces muriate of potash, a potassium‐containing salt that is a major component in fertilizers. The salt is pumped to the surface from underground brines and dried in these massive solar ponds. As the water evaporates over a span of 300 days, the salts crystallize out. The variation of color occurs because the water is dyed a deep blue (darker water absorbs more sunlight and heat, thereby reducing the amount of time