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New Fertilizer Product Made from Old Batteries

A company from Finland has developed an innovative route to fertilizer feedstock, extracting agrichemical raw materials from ordinary, everyday alkaline batteries.

Rising Feed-Grade Phosphate Demand keeps Phosphate Miners Hunting

Rising feed-grade phosphate demand is increasing prices, causing phosphate miners to hunt for previously untapped sources.

The Economics of Turning Waste Saltwater into Caustic Soda

Discover how MIT researchers found a way to turn waste saltwater from desalination plants into industrial chemicals, such as caustic soda and hydrochloric acid.

MIT Develop Efficient Solar Powered De-Icer Coating

MIT have made a key breakthrough in the field of de-icing, that may have suppliers of some chemical raw materials worried. A solar powered coating that can keep equipment ice-free without using industrial chemicals such as magnesium chloride.

Microspheres to Replace Cement

Construction raw materials without cement? Yes we can! With a new concrete binder made from microspheres.

Why does the myth of ‘global phosphate shortage’ still exist?

A quick internet search of the word ‘phosphate’ and it will not take you long to find suggestions that the planet will soon run out of phosphate. But why is this myth still so popular, and where did it begin?

5 Ways the Phosphate Industry is Lowering its Environmental Impact

80% of global phosphorus supply is lost or wasted during mining and processing, fertilizer production and distribution, fertilizer application on farms, food production and trade, right through to the dinner table. So, what can phosphate suppliers and users do to preserve the remaining sources of phosphate?