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Potash
Potash is the generic term for
potassium-bearing minerals, ores and processed products. Potash is a
substance that has been used since antiquity in the manufacture of
glass, soft soap and as a agricultural fertiliser (plant nutrient).
Today some 95% of potash consumption is in fertilisers, the remainder
used to produce potassium chemicals.
Links:
- K + S Aktiengesellschaft, Statistics 2000
- 2003
- PDA-The
Potash Development Association,
- IPI- The International Potash
Institute,
- The World Phosphate Institute,
- The Potash and Phosphate Institute
Potash Production
Thousand Tonnes
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2004
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2005
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2006
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2007
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2008 |
| Europe |
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| Belorussia |
4.600.000
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4.844.000
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4.605.000
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4.971.600
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4.967.000 |
| France |
70.000
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68.000
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0
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0
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0 |
| Germany |
3.505.000
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3.664.000
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3.625.000
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3.637.000
|
3.280.000 |
| Russia (Europe) |
5.599.100
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6.275.600
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5.274.100
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6.373.100
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5.935.400 |
| Spain |
553.210
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550.000
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493.189
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530.700
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473.000 |
| Ukraine |
60.000
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60.000
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65.000
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65.000
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65.000 |
| United Kingdom |
539.500
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439.200
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427.000
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430.000
|
403.800 |
| TOTAL |
14.926.810
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15.900.800
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14.489.289
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16.007.400
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15.124.200
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| Asia |
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| China |
1.128.000
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1.450.000
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1.571.900
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1.822.600
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1.980.000 |
| Israel |
2.251.379
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2.341.892
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2.200.000
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2.150.000
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2.169.316 |
| Jordan |
1.157.360
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1.097.487
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1.020.000
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1.796.569
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2.004.634 |
| TOTAL |
4.536.739
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4.889.379
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4.791.900
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5.769.169
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6.153.950
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| America |
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| Brazil |
403.080
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404.871
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403.000
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471.000
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383.000 |
| Canada |
10.792.000
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10.497.000
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8.528.000
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10.833.000
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10.455.000 |
| Chile |
742.709
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733.814
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647.449
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690.692
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753.995 |
| United States |
1.300.000
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1.200.000
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1.100.000
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1.100.000
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1.100.000 |
| TOTAL |
13.237.789
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12.835.685
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10.678.449
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13.094.692
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12.691.995
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| WORLD TOTAL |
32.701.338
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33.625.864
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29.959.638
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34.871.261
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33.970.145
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