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A worker has been killed in an accident underground at the UK's only potash mine.A worker has been killed in an accident underground at the UK's only potash mine.
The man, who has not been named, died at Boulby potash mine in east Cleveland on Thursday afternoon. The man, who has not been named, died at Boulby potash mine in Teesside on Thursday afternoon.
Few details have been released but in a statement Cleveland Potash Limited said the worker died from injuries suffered in the incident.Few details have been released but in a statement Cleveland Potash Limited said the worker died from injuries suffered in the incident.
The Inspectorate of Mines has been informed and an investigation into the death has begun.The Inspectorate of Mines has been informed and an investigation into the death has begun.
It is situated near the north-east coast and its tunnels reach far out under the sea. The mine, situated near the north-east coast, employs more than 800 people.
The site produces more than a million tons of potash for fertilizers and more than half a million tons of salt each year. 'Scientific research'
Its shaft is 1,100 metres deep, making it the UK's deepest working mine, and its tunnels reach far out under the sea.
The site, which opened in 1972, produces more than one million tons of potash each year and the mineral is sold for use in the manufacture of fertilizers and glass.
More than half a million tons of salt is also mined at the site each year and this is used in road maintenance, animal feed and sugar beet cultivation.
Since the early-1990s the mine has also been a centre for scientific research into dark matter, a mysterious unseen component which forms most of the universe.
State-of-the-art detectors have been installed in a sub-surface observatory in the hope of finding out more about the matter, which is almost impossible to detect in a laboratory on the Earth's surface.