Amax Potash Refinery Metal/Non-Metal
Amax Chemical Corp
· Facility
Controlled by
Cyprus Amax Minerals Company
Eddy County,
NM
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2900804
MSHA record for Amax Potash Refinery (mine ID 2900804). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
- —
Ownership history
- Amax Chemical Corp 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Amax Potash Refinery sits in Eddy County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 15.0% of county employment.
Local economic context
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County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.Eddy County, New Mexico · Population 61,114
15.0%
Mining share of county employment
$79,605
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.