IFDC Report Indicates Adequate Phosphorus Resources Available to Meet Global Food Demands
September 22, 2010 – Washington, D.C., and Muscle Shoals, Ala. – “World Phosphate Rock Reserves and Resources,” an IFDC study released today, estimates that global resources of phosphate rock suitable to produce phosphate rock concentrate, phosphoric acid, phosphate fertilizers and other phosphate-based products will be available for several hundred years. The report, prepared by Steven J. Van Kauwenbergh, a principal scientist and leader of IFDC’s Phosphate Research and Resources Initiative, contains specific information regarding how much phosphate rock remains in deposits located around the world.
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