the importance of phosphate optimization from mine …
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OUR VIS ION FOR PHOSPHATE
To help phosphate companies recover more, purer phosphate from finite deposits, and produce the highest quality phosphate
fertilizers to meet global food production needs
THE IMPORTANCE OF PHOSPHATE OPTIMIZATION
FROM MINE TO MARKET
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• Phosphate is a non-renewable resource and must be managed accordingly.
• Understanding the industry from beginning to end is key to unlocking true potential of phosphate ore to produce superior fertilizer- sustainably and cost-effectively.
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• Better rock mining/processing improves grade and recovery creating a more valuable rock, enabling production of higher purity phosphoric acid.
• Better phosphoric acid production and quality fertilizer granulation creates more effective fertilizers.
• Better quality fertilizer delivers greater value to farmers, improving crop yields, livestock nutrition and food quality to meet growing population needs.
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• Mining chemicals and fertilizer process aids are essential to creating such value throughout the phosphate fertilizer supply chain.
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MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING ROLE
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DISCOVERY YOUR ORE’S TRUE POTENTIAL
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Extraction/Beneficiation:
Goal: Create purer phosphate mineral for phos acid production• A balancing act between product grade and recovery
Improving one normally hurts the other• True step changes are only achieved through integration of flowsheet
design and reagent formulation improvement• Custom reagent scheme and flow sheet design facilitates more recovery
/ grade phosphate while consuming less reagent and energy
• Custom Reagents Formulated to handle clays and multiple/mixed size fractions Successful in carbonate, calcite, and silica rejection in clay-laden
feeds
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Mineral Processing’s Role – Better Grade and Recovery• Extend mine life
More tons per acreBetter deposit utilization reduces $ per ton
• Preserve the environmentFewer acres needed to obtain desired tons
• Reduce CostFreight SavingsLower Taxes/excise feesDelay permitting fees
• Increase rock valueImprove product quality for end userConcentrate P2O5
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Better Rock Leads to Better Phosphoric Acid
Enabling Better Fertilizer
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Phosphoric Acid Production:Goal: Digest phosphate rock to produce phosphoric acid• Impurities in the phosphate rock produce:
Foam in the reactors Scale build-up Abrasion and plant erosion
• Process aids, such as defoamers or filtration aids, help plants handle rock impurities and increase production
• Defoamers reduce foam and entrained gases, improve evaporator efficiency and increase throughput
• Filtration aids assist in gypsum crystal formation to speed filtration, and reduce acid loss
• Better quality feed, combined with process aids reduces production costs and improves operational efficiency
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OUR FERTIL IZER VIS ION
To help fertilizer companies produce better quality fertilizer that increases
crop yields while safeguarding our environment
THIS IS WHAT BETTER CROP NUTRIT ION LOOKS L IKE
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Fertilizer Production:Goal: Make the strongest most uniform size granule within analytical requirements
• Granule size, solubility, hardness, consistency and diversity are controlled by phosphoric acid purity.
• Granulation and color aids can help overcome acid impurities by improving:
Granule hardness, roundness, color and appearance
• The higher quality fertilizer granules are easier to handle, store, and ship – prevention of dust/caking with REACH Compliance
• Higher quality fertilizer improves crop yield and livestock nutrition to help feed a growing population
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Micronutrient Fertilizer Blending:Goal: Add micronutrients to phosphate fertilizer to meet specific nutrient needs of varying soils
• Micronutrient process complicates granulation process, and produces a softer granule
• Segregation occurs due to differences in particle size, volume, density and shape.
Fertilizer process additives, granulation aids; dust control; and anti-caking coatings, fortify the soft granule to allow handling and shipping
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Where There is Phosphate-ArrMaz is There!
Brazil – Vale, Angle American, Galvani Australia – MMG, Legend, Strategic Met., Lynas, etc.
Peru – Miski Mayo, Fospac Egypt
Congo - Cominco Israel
Canada – Agrium, Arianne, Arnaud Russian - Eurochem
Mexico – Rofomex, Innophos Mongolia
South Africa – Foskar, Elandsfontein Mozambique
Colombia Pakistan - ITTEHAD
Namibia Turkey - Mazıdaği
CRU Phosphates 2015
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