A research team at the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, has published an integrated process that simultaneously produces nitrophosphate fertilizer and recovers rare earth elements (REEs) from Eppawala apatite — a 60-million-ton mineral deposit that has yet to be fully utilized in terms of value.
The Strait of Hormuz quickly became a choke point for energy and chemicals trade from the Middle East after the US and Israel went to war with Iran. About a quarter of all seaborne oil and a fifth of liquified natural gas (LNG) has passed through this narrow passage between Iran and Oman in recent years.
The world's farmers face soaring fertiliser and fuel prices as the war in the Middle East escalates, leaving some scrambling for supplies as the spring planting season approaches.
To develop VINACHEM into a powerful economic group; to own centralised chemical complexes equipped with state of the art technology; to focus on environmental protection, products could be competitive, satisfying domestic demand and strengthening export
