- Potash (or carbonate of
potash) is an impure form of potassium carbonate mixed with other
potassium salts. The element potassium derives its english name form
potash. A number of chemical compounds containing potassium use the word
Potash in their traditional names are Potash fertilizer, Caustic Potash,
Carbonate of Potash, Chlorate of Potash, Muriate of Potash, Nitrate of
Potash and Sulphate of potash.
- Potassium is one of the
three basic plant nutrients along with nitrogen and phosphorus. There is
no substitute for potassium compounds in agriculture; they are essential
to maintain and expand food production. Potash is extracted from buried
ancient evaporites by underground or solution mining. Another important
source is brine from landlocked water bodies, such as the Dead Sea,
Salar de Atacama or Great Salt Lake.
- The Processing of
Potash includes Comminution, Scrubbing and desliming, conditioning,
heavy media, Ptash flotation, Centrifuging and product drying,
Classification and Compaction, Crystallization, Recoveries.
- Potash is responsible
for the transport mechanisms in the plant whereby materials made by
photosynthesis in the leaf can be moved to other parts of the plant for
growth, formation of seed and deposition of oil. It is vital in the
water regulation of the plant and plays an important balancing role with
nitrogen to ensure healthy, vigorous growth and natural resistance to
disease, pests and stress.
- Most potassium (95 %)
goes into fertilizers and the rest goes mainly into making potassium
hydroxide (KOH), by the electrolysis of potassium chloride solution, and
then converting this to potassium carbonate (K2CO3). Potassium carbonate
goes into glass manufacture, expecially the glass used to make
televisions, while potassium hydroxide is used to make liquid soaps and
detergents. A little potassium chloride goes into pharmaceuticals,
medical drips and saline injections. Other potassium salts are used in
baking, photography and tanning leather, and to make iodize
salts.
- Potassium can be found
in vegetables, fruit, potatoes, meat, bread, milk and nuts. It plays an
important role in the physical fluid system of humans and it assists
nerve functions.
- According to the
Canadian Fertilizer Institute, the world potash production for the year
2000 amounted to 42.3 Mt KCl. Saskatchewan’s share of world’s production
for the same year was about 13.0 Mt KCl, about one-third of the total.
Potash mining in Saskatchewan generates $1.6 billion dollars in gross
revenues, equivalent to $251 million dollars in wages and benefits,
employing 3,400 workers directly or through contractors. The major share
of the potash produced in Saskatchewan goes for export. The US is the
major consumer with 52% of the total, another 43% goes to overseas
markets and only a mere 5% is used in Canada.
- EU markets are a major
concern to us. Over the last ten years, potash consumption in the old
EU-15 has gradually declined as a result of the implementation of the
Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). This contrasts with trends in potash
demand in East European markets, though total use in these nations is
lower than in the old EU-15. Since 2000, potash demand in Eastern Europe
has steadily increased in line
with world consumption.
- Indian Potash was
investing over Rs 50 crore in the ports in Chennai, Tuticorin and Mundra
to strengthen its fertiliser handling and storage facilities. The
company's turnover in 2004-05 was Rs 3,288 crore when it handled over
37.12 lakh tonnes of fertilisers. In the current year, its turnover was
expected to exceed Rs 4,000 crore, he said.Indian Potash was floated as
a joint stock company to import and distribute Muriate of Potash.
- As the population of
the world increase, the food is in great demand and consequently
fertilizer/ potash is in grate demand. Companies world over, are
attempting to take over potash resources and companies
- Recent development of
the Australian mining giant attempting to take over the world's largest
phosphate mining company is well known to everyone by now
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General
Information
- Plant nutrients
- Origins of the Element
Names
- Potash
- Image of potash
- Potassium
hydroxide
- Muriate of Potash
- Iodid of potash: Its
interesting history
Production
Process
- Overview of Phosphate
Rock and Potash Mining and Beneficiation
- Potash Processing in
Saskatchewan
- Boulby Potash
Mining
- Extraction of Potash
Ore and Manufacturing Potassium
- Potash mining in
Saskatchewan
- Potash mining stock
photos and images
Company
Profiles
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- Arab Potash Company
- Belarusian Potash
Company
- Compass Minerals
- Flexco
- Great Salt Lake Minerals Corporation
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- PotashCorp
- Potash
Limited
- Saskatchewan Industry
and Resources
- Uralkali
- Australian Company
- Potash company credit
analyasis
- Company - dealbook
2010
- Project - Australia
- Company performance -
2010
Consultants
- Behre Dolbear
- CWA
- Equapolar Resource
Consultants Inc.
- Experts in
potash
- John T. Boyd Company,
Mining Consultants
- World Engineering
Services Pvt. Ltd.
Functions and
Properties
- Cattle poisoning by
nitrate of potash
- Functions of
potash
- Effect of organic root
plus on the growth, nutrient content and yield of amaranthus
- Effects of tanning and
fixing processes on the properties of taxidermy skins
- Sources and
Characteristics of Liquid Process Wastes From Arctic Offshore
Hydrocarbon Exploration
- Blending &
Spreading Fertilizer- Physical Properties
- Chemical properties of
potassium
Material Safety Data
Sheet
- Potash
- Potash
sulfurated
- Caustic potash
liquid
- Muriate of
Potash
- Sulphate of
Potash
- Safety data for
sulfurated potash
Patent
- Liquid nitrogen-potash
fertilizer
- Process for recovery of
sulphate of potash
- Process for producing
potassium sulfate from potash and sodium sulfate
- Method for producing
nitrogenous-potash fertilizer
- Process for the
electrostatic separation of crude potash salts
Technology
- Potash
Crystallization
- Geology of tenth potash
ore zone
- Recovery of potassium
fertiliser salts from sea bittern
- Using Ground
Penetrating Radar for In-Seam Crack Detection in Potash
- Plant nutrient demand
functions for tennessee with prices of jointly applied nutrients
- Production
amalgamation's “Belaruskali” potash delivery system analysis from
logistic positions
- Continuous miners set
records in salt, trona, potash and gypsum
- Clay Layer Separation
Detection in Potash Mines using Stepped Frequency Radar
Technology
- Simultaneous heat and
moisture transfer investigation for a packed agricultural particle
pile bed
- Salinity gradient solar
pond technology applied to potash solution mining
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Products
- Agrium products
- Uralkali
products
- Main potash
products
- Quick Solution™ Sulfate of Potash
- Carlsbad white standard
industrial grade potash
Applications
- Potash for organic
growers
- Common uses of caustic
potash
- Uses of potassium in
plants
- Making the Most of Potash Applications
- Potash for
potatoes
Projects
- Potash Case
Study
- Potash projects
- Boost for Congo Potash
project
- MagMinerals Prepares to
Develop Kouilou Potash Project
- China Starts Largest
Potash Fertilizer Project
Plants
- Belt conveyors and
idlers for the mining industry
- Power Prime™ Pumps in
Mining
- Intrepid Potash
production plants
- Belaruskali potash
production plants
- Potash production plant
of Trona
Market
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Cross-Border MA and Strategic Investment Market Overview
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Take over news
- Potash: mineral
planning fact sheet
- Potash: Its need and
use in modern agriculture
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Indian
Potash to tap Lankan market
- Overview of
non-metallic mining
- Demand for Nitrogen,
Phosphorous and Potash Fertilizer Nutrients in the Western United
States
- Potash outlook for
2005
- Potash production is at
the cutting edge
- Current Status of the
Fertilizer Industry In India
- Perspective on
fertilizer prices
- Global potash markets
and potashcorp
- Potashcorp company
market
- Potash Industry
Expansion
- World potash
market
Report
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Potash statistics - (1900 to 2004)
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Potash Statistics - ( 1900 to 2008)
-
Canadian Potash Production Facilities
-
Potassium and potash
management
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FMB potash report
Annual Data
(production & prices)
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Potash market in 2003
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Potash market in 2004
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Potash market in 2005
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Potash Markets in 2006
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Potash Markets in 2007
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Potash Markets in 2008
Commodity Data -
Year wise
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Potash production upto 2002
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Potash production upto 2003
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Potash in Production 2004
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Potash production upto 2005
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Potash production upto 2006
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Potash Production upto 2007
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Potash Production upto 2008
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Potash Production upto 2009
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Potash Production upto 2010
Manufacturers,
Suppliers and Buyers
- Eastchem
- Potash suppliers
directory
- Indian suppliers of
potash
- Potash Feldspar
Manufacturers & Suppliers
- Selling leads of
muriate of potash
- Selling leads of
potash
- Potash suppliers in
UK
- Buying leads of
potash
- Buy offers of
potash
Equipment
Suppliers
- Supertech
- Whyte-Hall
- Drilling equipment
manufacturers directory
- Heavy mining equipment
suppliers
- Sellers of mining
equipment
- Recreational Mining
Equipment Suppliers
- Trimmers Manufacturers
and Suppliers
- Underground mining
machinery and equipment suppliers
Guidelines
- Potash Production Tax
Regulations
- Some facts on
potash
- Twelve Biochemic
Cell Salt Remedies
- Guidelines for
calculation of Phosphate and Potash removal by crops
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