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  2. Potash - Wikipedia

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    All commercial potash deposits come originally from evaporite deposits and are often buried deep below the earth's surface. Potash ores are typically rich in potassium chloride (KCl), sodium chloride (NaCl) and other salts and clays, and are typically obtained by conventional shaft mining with the extracted ore ground into a powder. [25]

  3. Arab Potash - Wikipedia

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    The Arab Potash Company is located 110 km (68 mi) south of Amman and 200 km (120 mi) north of Aqaba. The site is basically a solar evaporation pond system of an area of 112 m 2 (1,210 sq ft) and processing plants. APC produces four grades of potash: standard, fine, granular and industrial grade potash through the following process:

  4. Dead Sea Works - Wikipedia

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    An aerial view of the evaporation ponds operated by the Dead Sea Works. Dead Sea Works is the world's fourth-largest producer and supplier of potash products. [6] The company also produces magnesium chloride, industrial salts, de-icers, bath salts, table salt, and raw materials for the cosmetic industry. [6]

  5. Prairie Evaporite Formation - Wikipedia

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    The Prairie Evaporite Formation, also known as the Prairie Formation, is a geologic formation of Middle Devonian age that consists primarily of halite (rock salt) and other evaporite minerals. It is present beneath the plains of northern and eastern Alberta , southern Saskatchewan and southwestern Manitoba in Canada , [ 3 ] and it extends into ...

  6. Moshe Novomeysky - Wikipedia

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    In November 1948, Israel's provisional government appointed a commission to examine the Palestine Potash Company's operations and determine what action, if any, the government should take. The Yishuv 's attitudes towards the company were mixed, on the one hand recognising its important contributions to the economy, and on the other hostile to ...

  7. Fertilizer - Wikipedia

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    Phosphate and potash have increased in price since the 1960s, which is larger than the consumer price index. [48] Potash is produced in Canada, Russia and Belarus, together making up over half of the world production. [48] Potash production in Canada rose in 2017 and 2018 by 18.6%. [49]

  8. Soda rosmarinus - Wikipedia

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    Soda rosmarinus is a perennial-green desert species of saltwort in the Amaranthaceae family. [2] It is endemic to the lower Jordan Valley along the Dead Sea, in Israel and Jordan, and in the Syrian desert, [3] Central Iraq (near Najaf) and in the coastal regions of Saudi Arabia, the islands of Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran, commonly known in Arabic by the names ʾušnān (Arabic: أشنان) [4 ...

  9. Potash works - Wikipedia

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    A potash works (German: Aschenhaus, Aschenhütte or Potaschhütte) was a subsidiary operation of a glassworks in the Early Modern Period. The latter needed potash , as well as quartz and lime as raw materials for the manufacture of glass .