World Potash Developments (Chapter 1, Spec. Paper #9)
dc.contributor.author | Cocker, M.D. | |
dc.contributor.author | Orris, G.J. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-09-29T00:31:38Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-09-29T00:31:38Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014-01-16 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Cocker, M.D. and Orris, G.J., 2013, World Potash Developments, in, Conway, F.M., ed., Proceedings of the 48th Annual Forum on the Geology of Industrial Minerals, Phoenix, Arizona, April 30 - May 4, 2012. Arizona Geological Survey Special Paper #9, Chapter 1, p. 1-16. | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/629456 | |
dc.description | Potash is a non-renewable resource that is a key ingredient in fertilizer along with phosphate and nitrogen. Increased demand for fertilizers and potash has driven potash prices from US$96/tonne in September 1990, to US$203/tonne in July 2007, to a current US$495/ tonne (April, 2012). A dwindling supply of arable land worldwide coupled with population growth requires increased food production from that land. Potash helps improve crop yields and enhances flavour, color and texture to crops used as food or used to feed livestock. Increasing populations together with higher standards of living in developing countries result in increased demand for food and more protein from meat, as well as more fruits and vegetables. Developing countries like China, Brazil and India have historically under applied fertilizers, so crop yields are low. | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Arizona Geological Survey Special Paper #9-Proceedings of the 48th Annual Forum on the Geology of Industrial Minerals - Chap.1 | |
dc.relation.url | https://library.azgs.arizona.edu/ | |
dc.rights | Arizona Geological Survey. All rights reserved. | |
dc.subject | Arizona Geological Survey Special Paper 9 | |
dc.subject | Historic | |
dc.subject | Argentina | |
dc.subject | Brazil | |
dc.subject | Congo | |
dc.subject | Gabon | |
dc.subject | Ethiopia | |
dc.subject | Kazakhstan | |
dc.subject | Laos | |
dc.subject | Thailand | |
dc.subject | Russia | |
dc.subject | Belarus | |
dc.subject | Michigan | |
dc.subject | New Mexico | |
dc.subject | Arizona | |
dc.subject | Saskatchewan | |
dc.subject | China | |
dc.subject | Canada | |
dc.subject | United States | |
dc.subject | global economy | |
dc.subject | in situ mining | |
dc.subject | mining | |
dc.subject | agriculture | |
dc.subject | K2O | |
dc.subject | potassium salts | |
dc.subject | fertilizer | |
dc.subject | potash | |
dc.title | World Potash Developments (Chapter 1, Spec. Paper #9) | |
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refterms.dateFOA | 2018-09-29T00:31:38Z |