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Article: PHOSPHATE EXPORTS BY JORDAN.
- Article from:
- Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ)
- Article date:
- September 22, 2000
- Author:
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PHOSPHATE EXPORTS LONG HAVE dominated Jordanian foreign trade. Jordan is very rich in its phosphate deposits. It was reported that the first discovery of phosphate deposits in Jordan took place as early as 1894. However, scarcity of capital, unavailability of technology and international political developments came in the way of commercial production. Phosphate production in Jordan could take place only by 1934-35 at the Rusaifa, which has been the first phosphate mine in Jordan. [1] The important areas of Phosphate ore concentration in Jordan are as follows:
1. Ras al-Naqab/Ma'an: A very large area of phosphate deposits, south of Ma'an. Here production started ...