BCI Chemical Research & Analysis – Potassium & Sodium
Chemical market survey commissioned to price the by products of brine treatment, covering South African and global price levels for five salts and the sector outlook at the time.
Market prices are set out for sodium sulphate, sodium chloride, sodium nitrate, potassium nitrate and potassium chloride, in South Africa and abroad, as at early 2011, with Chinese supplier quotes alongside United States averages. The work was done to test whether salts recovered from mine water brine could be sold at a worthwhile price.
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