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Comprehensive Recovery& Sustainable Development of Phosphate Resources

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<strong>Comprehensive</strong> Recovery: Treating<br />

<strong>Phosphate</strong> as an Energy Mineral<br />

• Well known fact: phosphate is a crop nutrient<br />

(providing energy for plants) mineral, key to<br />

production <strong>of</strong> food that provides energy for<br />

mankind<br />

• Less known truth: phosphate is also a energy<br />

mineral<br />

– Uranium (nuclear energy)<br />

– Rare earths (green energy)<br />

– Thorium (green nuclear energy)<br />

<strong>Phosphate</strong> powers the world!

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