224-1 A Preliminary Estimate of World Phosphate Rock Reserves and Resources.

See more from this Division: S04 Soil Fertility & Plant Nutrition
See more from this Session: Symposium--Optimizing the Efficiency of Phosphorus Fertilizer Use to Conserve An Essential and Limited Global Resource
Tuesday, November 2, 2010: 8:25 AM
Long Beach Convention Center, Room 104A, First Floor
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Steven Van Kauwenbergh, IFDC Reasearch and Development Division, IFDC, Muscle Shoals, AL
Phosphate rock is the main raw material used for the production of phosphate fertilizers. Phosphate rock is a finite non-renewable resource. Under Phase I of the IFDC Phosphate Resources and Research Initiative, an independent preliminary estimate of world phosphate rock reserves and resources was developed.
See more from this Division: S04 Soil Fertility & Plant Nutrition
See more from this Session: Symposium--Optimizing the Efficiency of Phosphorus Fertilizer Use to Conserve An Essential and Limited Global Resource