Aqaba — Jordanian press reports say that huge new phosphate reserves have been discovered in the northeastern part of the country. The initial estimate put the reserves at around 200 million tons. The study was conducted by the Jordanian Association of Geologists. The head of the association, Bahgat al-Adwan, was quoted as saying that the phosphate was located in an area of 250 square kilometers and was near the surface, and that therefore recovery costs would be relatively low. Jordan is currently the sixth largest exporter of phosphate rock and exports around 5 million mt annually, primarily to the Far East.
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