Scientists disclosed today the development of a new process of enriching Dead Sea phosphates for fertilizers, increasing the phosphorus content from the present maximum 31 percent to a uniform 38 percent. If the process proves commercially feasible, Israel’s phosphates would be the richest in the world.
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