PotashCorp Aurora Plant

USA / North Carolina / Aurora / Highway 306 South, 1530
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1530 Highway 306 South
Aurora, NC 27806
United States
(252) 322-4111
www.nutrien.com/

PotashCorp Phosphate mine and chemical plant. The plant makes phosphoric acid and ammonia-phosphates for industrial and agricultural use.

Production
Open pit mine
Annual capacity – 6.0 million tonnes phosphate rock, 1.202 millions tonnes phosphoric acid, 0.333 million tonnes purified acid, 0.16 million tonnes phosphate feed

Products
Bright Dip Additives
Ammonium Polyphosphate
DAB Products
Defluorinated Phosphate
Defluorinated Phosphoric Acid Amber
Diammonium Phosphate
Hydrofluorosilic Acid
Monoammonium Phosphate
Phosbrite
Phosphogypsum
Phosphoric Acid
Phosphoric Acid – Food Grade
Phosphoric Acid – Technical Grade
Silicon Tetrafluoride

Uses
Liquid and solid fertilizers and animal feed supplements are used in agriculture. Purified phosphoric acid is used in food and beverage products and in metal treatment compounds.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PotashCorp
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Coordinates:   35°20'45"N   76°48'12"W

Comments

  • Started up before the 1970s by Dr. Guy T. McBride, later Peresident at the Colorado School of Mines.
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