Synthetic phosphate fertilizer poses a serious threat to our environment. Phosphate rock mining, along with the inorganic fertilizers and animal feed supplements and pesticides for which phosphate is ...

For a phosphorus-rich formula, look for one made from bone meal or rock phosphate. Depending on what you get, organic fertilizers will release nutrients over a period of a few weeks to months.

90% of the world’s mined phosphate is used as fertilizer in ag. Morocco supplies 34% of the world’s traded phosphate rock, which is then refined in China, Vietnam and Norway, according to the EU.

And then there are organic fertilizers based on minerals like rock phosphate and lime. Here's the dirt on our favorite ...

Genesis Fertilizers wants to move 300,000 tonnes of phosphate fertilizer per year through the Port of Churchill.

It’s planning to mine a deposit of igneous phosphate rock in Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean, Quebec. The main market for the phosphate ...

“Mother Nature did a solid this year where everybody got out there, got their stuff done, and got a lot of fertilizer in the rearview mirror.” But despite the early November news on phosphate ...

The balance is derived from the Brazilian fertilizer business. Mosaic’s US phosphate rock mines and Canadian potash assets provide the company with a stable input base for its products.

Claira Lloyd and Sophie Mason, Argus Consulting Services, provide an overview of the urea, phosphate rock, and processed ...

Traditional phosphate fertilizer production poses significant environmental challenges, including acid-based rock processing, hazardous gypsum waste with heavy metals and radioactivity, and fluorine ...

The two radioactive, toxic wastes are created during the fertilizer production process, transforming destructively mined phosphate rock into phosphoric acid. The wastes are currently exempt from ...