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Statistics and information on the worldwide supply of, demand for, and flow of the mineral commodity *potash* 

Potash is used primarily as an agricultural fertilizer (plant nutrient) because it is a source of soluble potassium, one of the three primary plant nutrients; the others are fixed nitrogen and soluble phosphorus.  Potash and phosphorus are mined products, and fixed nitrogen is produced from the atmosphere by using industrial processes.  Modern agricultural practice uses these primary nutrients in large amounts plus additional nutrients, such as boron, calcium, chlorine, copper, iron, magnesium, manganese, molybdenum, sulfur, and zinc, to assure plant health and proper maturation.  The three major plant nutrients have no substitutes, but low-nutrient-content, alternative sources of plant nutrients, such as animal manure and guano, bone meal, compost, glauconite, and "tankage" from slaughterhouses, can be used. Potash denotes a variety of mined and manufactured salts, all containing the element potassium in water-soluble form.

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### **Annual Publications**

Mineral Commodity Summaries
                            - Potash    PDF Format:       |  1996  |  1997  |  1998  |  1999  |  2000  |  2001  |  2002  |  2003  |  2004  |  2005  |  2006  |  2007  |  2008  |  2009  |  2010  |  2011  |  2012  |  2013  |  2014  |  2015  |  2016  |  2017  |  2018  |  2019  |  2020  |  2021  |  2022  |  2023  |  **2024**  |
                            - Appendixes

Minerals Yearbook
                            - Potash    PDF Format:       |  1994  |  1995  |  1996  |  1997  |  1998  |  1999  |  2000  |  2001  |  2002  |  2003  |  2004  |  2005  |  2006  |  2007  |  2008  |  2009  |  2010  |  2011  |  2012  |  2013  |  2014  |  2015  |  2016  |  2017  |  2018  |  2019  |    XLS Format:       |  2002  |  2003  |  2004  |  2005  |  2006  |  2007  |  2008  |  2009  |  2010  |  2011  |  2012  |  2013  |  2014  |  2015  |  2016  |  2017  |  2018  |  2019   |  2020 tables-only release  |  2021 tables-only release  |  2022 tables-only release  |  **2023 tables-only release**  |
                            - Archive       |  1932-1993  |

Mineral Industry Surveys
                            - Potash, Crop Year    PDF Format:       |  1999  |  2000  |  2001  |  2002  |  2003  |  2004  |  2013  |  2014  |  2015  |  2016  |  2017  |  2018  |  2019  |  2020  |  2021  |  **2022**  |    XLS Format:       |  2003  |  2004  |  2013  |  2014  |  2015  |  2016  |  2017  |  2018  |  2019  |  2020  |   2021  |  **2022**  |

### **Special Publications**

                            - Earth Mapping Resources Initiative  (Earth MRI) -  Focus areas for data acquisition for potential domestic resources of 13 critical minerals in the conterminous United States and Puerto Rico — Antimony, barite, beryllium, chromium, fluorspar, hafnium, helium, magnesium, manganese, potash, uranium, vanadium, and zirconium
                            - Fertilizers -- Sustaining Global Food Supplies
                            -  Historical Statistics for Mineral and Material Commodities in the United States    Data Series 140                               - Potash 
                            - Potash--A Global Overview of Evaporite-Related Potash Resources, Including Spatial Databases of Deposits, Occurrences, and Permissive Tracts
                            - Potash-A Vital Agricultural Nutrient Sourced from Geologic Deposits   Open-File Report 2016-1167
                            - Technical Announcement: Plenty of Potash, but Some Regions Lack Low Cost Sources for Crop Production

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### Contacts

#### Stephen Jasinski

##### Mineral Commodity Specialist

National Minerals Information Center

sjasinsk@usgs.gov

703-648-7711