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Industry Profile
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Phosphorous in elemental form and in many products
is derived from deposits of Phosphate Rock in the mineral form
fluorapatite: Ca10(PO)6F2
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Major products of Phosphate Industry are : Phosphorous
, Phosphoric Acid, Ammonium Phosphate , Calcium Phosphate, Nitro
Phosphate, Sodium Phosphate, Organic Phosphate
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The phosphate Industry in India is mainly Fertilizer
Production and so is developing similar to Nitrogen Industry
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High grade rock Phosphate from Jhamarkotra is used
for super phosphate
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The Rock Phosphate from Jhabua and Chattarpur is
used for the production of elemental prosperous and in fertilizer
mixtures
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Mussoorie rock Phosphate is used for direct
application
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Usual economic balance is between shipping large
tonnage of raw materials and the cost of electric power
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Phosporic acid mainly is used in India for the
production of fertilizers, Soaps, detergents & Food Chemicals
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Wet process and Electric furnace processes are used
for the production of Phosphoric Acid
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Large tonnage of low-grade calcium phosphates are
made as Fertilizer
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Ammonium Phosphate is used for chemical fertilizers.
Other uses are in fire-retardants, nutrient yeast culture , ammoniated
dentrifices
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Nitro phosphates are mixtures of ammonium nitrate
and various phosphates
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The principle use of alkali phosphates in the USA
has been in detergents formulations - but ecological consideration is
against it . Phosphates are still used in metal cleaning, boiler water
treatment, textile Industry and foodstuffs
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Many other compounds of phosphorus are used. The
acid is used in soft drinks for its pleasant taste when sweetened and its
nutritive value. Other food applications include the use of disodium
phosphate in processed cheese; and phosphates in baking powder,
flameproofing, and the treatment of boiler water in steam plants
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Many consider that 2012 will be a year that potash
and phosphate producers can reflect the sector’s strong growth potential.
But despite strong long-term fundamentals in the fertilizer sector, the
uncertainties hanging over 2012 appear unlikely to offer a quick turn
around in the value of potash and phosphate prices or company values.
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