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It’s a hungry world.
Each year, about 80 million new individuals join the population. Population increases create a demand for food that can result in rapidly rising food prices and localized food shortages.
Phosphate producers supply fertilizers to farmers around the globe. These growth enhancers are essential to global agricultural production and the crop yields needed to feed the ever-larger population. Fertilizers provide nutrients for plant photosynthesis, the process that converts carbon dioxide from the air into the oxygen we breathe, and the carbohydrates and starches that support life on earth.
With only a limited amount of land suitable for agriculture, producers must do more with what they have. New products are needed that make crop fertilization more effective and efficient. Producers must continue to optimize their existing facilities and find new and better products to sustain the operations that will feed us today, and future generations tomorrow.
Downloads
- Choosing the right phosphoric acid process
- Phosphates Brochure
- Hatch Phosphates Project List
- Phosphate Capabilities Sheet
- Digital Solutions Brochure
- Granulation plant modelling and design using SysCAD Presentation 2022
- Granulation plant modelling and design using SysCAD White Paper 2022
- Phosphate digital solutions CRU Presentation 2021
- Evaporation & crystallization capabilities sheet
- Decarbonization Brochure
- Carbon Capabilities Sheet
Technical Papers
- Novel composite membrane based on zirconium phosphate-ionic liquids for high temperature PEM fuel cells
- Authors A. Al-Othman, P. Nancarrow, M. Tawalbeh, A. Ka'ki, K. El-Ahwal, B.EI Taher, & M. Alkasrawi
- Control Systems Migrations in Phosphate Plants a Road Map for Success
- Authors R. Brooks, J. O’Toole – American Institute of Chemical Engineers 40th Annual Clearwater Convention, June 10-11, 2016
- Phosphoric Acid Plant Sustainability
- Author(s) Bouffard, Leif., Belle, Doug – Fertilizers, Industrial & Feed Phosphates, Phosphates 2014, 23-25 March, Paris Marriott Rive Gauche, France
- New research reveals nine opportunities for digital transformation in mining and mineral processing
- Author Michael Grady, Advisor, Digital
- How phosphates feed the world
- Author Doug Belle, Global Director, Phosphates