Three workers trapped in a Spanish potash mine after underground collapse (updated)

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09/03/2023 09:51

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       BARCELONA, March 9 (Reuters) - Three workers are trapped
in a Spanish potash mine located in the town of Suria in
northeastern Spain on Thursday following an underground
collapse, local police and emergency services told Reuters.
    The collapse happened at 8.53 am, local time, about 900
metres underground, firefighters said, without providing further
details.
        The potash mine is located in Catalonia, 80 kilometres
north of Barcelona. Potash is used in agriculture as a
fertilizer and as a raw material in industries such as
pharmaceutical, explosives, glassmaking and chemicals.
  
        Iberpotash, the company operating the mine which is
owned by Tel Aviv-based ICL Group Ltd ICL.TA , did not
immediately comment.

 (Reporting by Joan Faus, editing by  Inti Landauro)
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