Wednesday, November 9, 2011

The Saudi Arabia of Potash

The Saudi Arabia of Potash

This is the new name for the much sought after grey dust province in canada.
Saskatchawan province of canada is much in news due to the presence of huge deposits of Grey dust --Potash, lying at a depth of 1000mts.Potash is an important fertilizers , infact one among the three most needed fertilizers in the world.In proportions with nitrogen and phosphate it increases the crops yield.

In 1940's it was first discovered in Saskatchewan.

Potash is the common name for various mined and manufactured salts that contain potassium in water-soluble form(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/potash).Apat from fertilizers it is used in chemical and manufactured products.


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