The development and application of new technologies has enabled the mine to maintain its high technological performance and be in step with the times. In recent years, production facilities are being technically upgraded, with contracts being signed with leading domestic companies and foreign firms for the manufacture of modern, high-performance equipment.
The mine engineers are solving the most difficult technical problems. Currently, the 1st potash level is being intensively mined with working out the ways to open the 4th potash level. The Berezovsky mine significantly maintains the mineral resource base of PU 1.
PROCESSING PLANT OF PU 1 PRODUCES AND SUPPLIES THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS:
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Potassium chloride standard
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Potassium chloride granular
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Potassium chloride fine granular
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Edible rock salt
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Edible iodized rock salt
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Fodder salt in bulk
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Fodder salt in briquettes
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Sodium chloride technical
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Mineral concentrate – halite
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Dry blends
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DIRECTOR OF PU 1
ALEXANDER CHAYANOV
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PERSONAL RECEPTION OF CITIZENS: 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month
Pre-appointment call on a day of reception
Tel.: 00 375 174 29 70 46 |
HISTORY
The history of the potash industry in Belarus began on 9 July 1949 with the discovery of the Starobin potash deposit, when A. Nesterov's drilling crew uncovered the hidden treasures of the Belarusian soil at a depth of 350 metres.
3 June 1958 – Government passed a decree on the construction of the First Potash Plant.
5 October 1958 – Drilling of wells for the mine shaft began.
26 July 1960 – First blast occurred in the mine, announcing the start of horizontal tunnelling and the birth of a new industry in Belarus.
17 January 1961 – First railcar with raw salt was dispatched.
In late 1970 – 1st Potash Plant became a part of PA Belaruskali and was renamed as Production Unit 1.
1990 - First underground ward of the State Institution "Republican Speleotherapy Hospital" was established at the mine of Production Unit 1.
29 August 2003 – Team led by N. Sanikovich, the shearer operator of the 1st Production Unit mine, extracted the billionth tonne of sylvinite ore.
29 August, 2003 – Team led by the shearer operator
29 June 2012 – Berezovsky mine was commissioned as an additional mineral resource base to maintain the production capacity of the 1st Production Unit.
2 Jul 2012 – Second underground ward of the State Institution "Republican Speleotherapy Hospital" was put into operation.