Industry Article: ABC News - With billions of tonnes of phosphate for fertiliser, can Australia 'seize the moment'?

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The Georgina Basin stretches 330,000 square kilometres across the Northern Territory and Queensland and contains some of the world's largest deposits of rock phosphate — a key ingredient for making fertiliser.

There are several resources companies in the region aiming to start up mines, and with global fertiliser prices soaring, the timing seems right.

"Throughout the Georgina Basin there's billions of tonnes of quality phosphate ... so we have an opportunity, but we have to seize the moment," said Colin Randall, executive director of Chatham Rock Phosphate.

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Media Coverage: Daily Company News - Chatham reports encouraging dicalcium phosphate test results

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CRP is pleased to provide a further update on the Dicalcium Phosphate (DCP) manufacturing project we announced on 14 January 2022.

On that date we announced the start of a prefeasibility study to produce DCP from the Korella and Korella South phosphate projects in Queensland.

DCP and derivative Monocalcium Phosphate (MCP) are essential additives to improve bone growth and structure in all farmed animals. DCP and MCP are added to the feed ration and are an important ingredient in supplemental feeding.

We advised we would send samples of Korella phosphate to phosphate technology specialists Prayon SA for testing to establish the parameters for production of DCP through their “GetMoreP” technology.

We sent a 3kg sample of a low-grade phosphate 20% P2O5 (rather than the normal 30% P2O5 Direct Shipping Ore) to test the ability to value-add to low grade phosphate resources at the Korella Mine and Korella South.

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Industry Article: Feeco.com - Strain on rock phosphate resources tightens as fertilizer demand rises

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Phosphorus continues to be a hot topic in the fertilizer industry, as rising demand for food and decreasing arable land, among other factors, drives demand for the critical crop nutrient. Experts are worried we’ll exhaust our supplies of rock phosphate, the primary material feeding phosphate fertilizer production, sooner than later.

Add to this that excess phosphorus keeps ending up in waterways, causing harmful algal blooms, and the industry is under increasing pressure to better manage the nutrient and bring balance back to the nutrient cycle. 

Phosphorus sustains life on earth; without it, we simply cannot survive. 

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