south african apatite phosphates - bnep.co.za
ASSESSING THE DESIRABILITY OF MARINE PHOSPHATE MINING AMONGST STRATEGIES FOR A SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY OF PHOSPHATES. In South Africa, apatite ore is the most common source of phosphate rock and has been mined since the mid-1900s in Phalaborwa, Limpopo (DMR, 2008). Also abundant in South Africa are sedimentary deposits of marine phosphorites along ...