Jordanian geologists have discovered huge amounts of phosphate ores in the north-east provinces of the Kingdom worth of $30 billion. “A survey conducted by the Jordan Geologists Association estimates the new reserves at about 200 million tons of phosphate worth of $30 billion at current world prices,” the JGA chairman Bahjat Adwan said in a statement. He said the study covered an area of 250 sq km in north-east Jordan. Adwan pointed out that the new findings accrue to the Jordan Phosphate Mines Company (JPMC), which has an exclusive concession for phosphate exploration in the country, according to an agreement signed with the government in 2006.
Potash is the common name for various mined and manufactured salts that contain potassium in water-soluble form. Various types of fertilizer-potash thus comprise the single largest global industrial use of the element potassium. Potassium derives its name from potash.