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Importing Rock Phosphate

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Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers (RCF) is looking into the possibility of importing rock phosphate from Mauritania.

Rock Phosphate Organic Fertilizer

Rock Phosphate Fertilizer Components

  • Calcium Phosphate
    • Main component of rock phosphate, a type of apatite group. Its formula is Ca10(PO4)6(X)2.
  • Environmentally friendly and natural source of phosphorus.
  • Fluorapatite
    • Common type, containing impurities like CO3, Na, and Mg.
  • Effective fertilizer requires soil pH of 5.5 or higher and organic matter.
  • Environmentally friendly and natural source of phosphorus.

Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.

  • Chairman
    • S. C. Mudgerikar
  • Established
    • 1978
  • Headquarter
    • Mumbai
  • Indian public sector undertaking.
  • Administratively controlled by Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.
  • Fourth largest government-owned fertilizer producer in India.
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