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As of 2015, the top phosphate rock source are Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Jordan and Peru. [9] By 2013, 35 percent of Philphos' total production serves the Philippine market while the remaining 65 percent exported to foreign markets namely Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and Cambodia, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Taiwan.
In 2015, 27.6 million metric tons of marketable phosphate rock, or phosphorite, was mined in the United States, making the US the world's third-largest producer, after China and Morocco. The phosphate mining industry employed 2,200 people. The value of phosphate rock mined was US$2.2 billion.
The small island nation of Nauru and its neighbor Banaba Island, which used to have massive phosphate deposits of the best quality, have been mined excessively. Rock phosphate can also be found in Egypt, Israel, Palestine, Western Sahara, Navassa Island, Tunisia, Togo, and Jordan, countries that have large phosphate-mining industries.
Phosphate is also used in animal feed supplements, food preservatives, anti-corrosion agents, cosmetics, fungicides, ceramics, water treatment and metallurgy. The production of fertilizer is the largest source responsible for minerals mined for their phosphate content.
In 2004, Rhodia sold its North American phosphate business to Bain Capital, which formed Innophos. The name "Innophos" signifies innovative specialty phosphates. Headquartered in Cranbury, New Jersey, the company operates 9 manufacturing locations in the United States, Mexico, Canada, and China. Innophos is known for the breadth and quality of ...
The availability of suitable phosphate-rich rocks is limited and estimates of "peak phosphorus" vary between 30 years from 2022, [20] or somewhere between 2051 and 2092. [21] As the human population increases and the demand for food increases, the availability of superphosphate fertilisers in the future may be less secure, suggesting that ...
Phosphate rock production greatly increased after World War II, and remains the primary global source of phosphorus and phosphorus chemicals today. Phosphate rock remains a feedstock in the fertiliser industry, where it is treated with sulfuric acid to produce various "superphosphate" fertiliser products.
Today, RONPhos currently employs 20.4 per cent of the working population of the Republic of Nauru. Although the initial layer of phosphate has been mined out (approximately 100 million tonnes), a secondary level of phosphate is believed to exist, holding nearly 20 million tonnes of minable resources.