Welcome to CIRCUM MINERALS. Circum Minerals Limited is a private company developing the Danakil Potash Project in northeastern Ethiopia. With a mineral resource of 4.9 billion tonnes at 18.1% KCl (potassium chloride) and seismic data suggesting an overall resource size of 12 to 14 billion tonnes of potash-bearing salt beds, the Danakil Project is one of the world's largest …

The Colluli potash project is a low-cost, long-life sulphate of potash (SOP) fertiliser project under development by the Colluli Mining Share Company, a 50-50 joint venture partnership between the Australian start-up Danakali and the Eritrean National Mining Corporation. The deposit is located in the Danakil depression region of Eritrea, about ...

2 Together, these services are expected to support the advancement of Ethiopia's domestic mining industry. Through their collaboration, Akobo and Oromia hope to become the leading industry mining ...

Africa Mining IQ organises projects in terms grassroots, pre-feasibility, feasibility, bankable, active and operational phases. Mining projects in Ethiopia, from pre-feasibility through to operational, include 25 gold and 1 potash. The Ethiopian government has committed to providing electric power by building a 130 kilometre-long power line.

According to research done by Swedish Geological AB, Ethiopia can be a major international supplier of minerals, specifically copper, gold, tantalum, potash, iron ore, and coal. The following are 23 minerals in Ethiopia with their description and details. 1. Gold.

Mining is a priority sector in Ethiopia's homegrown economic reform and is an ideal mining destination with largely untapped potential. EIMC 2020 provides a platform for engagement with investors, development of public and private partnerships, and accessing opportunities in the mining and shared infrastructure arenas.

One of the world's biggest undeveloped potash projects, the Danakil Potash project is located in the Danakil Basin, approximately 600km from Ethiopia's capital city, Addis Ababa. The project received mining license from …

Israel Chemicals offers $109 million for Allana Potash. Allana Potash CEO Farhad Abasov met with ICL senior management in Tel Aviv three weeks ago to seek ICL's participation in the construction of a mine at the Dallol site in Ethiopia's Danakhil Valley, located in the country's northeast. Allana has already raised $85 million from investors to ...

By William Davison (Bloomberg) — BHP Billiton Ltd., the world's largest mining company, plans to exit its Ethiopian potash project, the Mines Ministry and the company said. The Melbourne, Australia-based miner informed the ministry of its intention to end its exploration for the fertilizer ingredient about two weeks ago, spokesman Bacha Faji said in a phone …

Dallol ghost town: old potash mine at Dallol volcano. At Dallol there was a mining community where an Italian and later a U.S. company mined potash; being in use since the early 1900s it was abandoned in the 1960s. As most buildings were made of salt blocks and because of the extremely aggressive environment, the town and factory as well as ...

Every plant needs three basic elements to grow nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium. Potassium (K) is important to plants because it acts as a regulator. It h...

China-Africa Fund for Industrial Cooperation, in connection with carrying out a legal due diligence on POLY-GCL, a Chinese petroleum exploration company with assets in Ethiopia. Allana Potash Corporation, a Canadian potash mining and development company, on its investment in the potash mining business in Ethiopia.

The Norwegian fertilizer company Yara International has confirmed that it is possible to mine potash from the Danakil Depression in Ethiopia. The firm hired an independent body to carry out a study to confirm the potential of the location, which identified an annual output of 600,000 metric tons of sulfate of potash (SOP) over 23 years from the reserves of …

World potash capacity was projected to increase to 69 million tons in 2024 from 64 million tons in 2020. Most of the increase would be MOP from new mines and expansion projects in Belarus, Canada, and Russia. Other projects that were ongoing included new SOP mines in Australia, China, and Eritrea and new MOP mines in Brazil, Ethiopia, and Spain.

Allana Potash, a Canadian mining company is poised to start mining for potash in the Afar Region while the Indian Sainik Potash has been working in Dallol depression of the same region. Prospecting for iron, gold and base metals …

The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP) is the first port of call for all investors interested in Ethiopia's mining or petroleum sectors. This website directs you to the most up-to-date geodata available, guide you to the right legislation and regulations for your business, and help you apply for any licenses required.

BHP Billiton Abandoning Potash Project in Ethiopia's Danakil. July 19 (Bloomberg) — BHP Billiton Ltd., the world's largest mining company, plans to exit its Ethiopian potash project, the Mines Ministry and the company said. The Melbourne, Australia-based miner informed the ministry of its intention to end its exploration for the ...

The extreme Ghost town of Dallol, former potash mine near Dallol volcano, Afar Region, Ethiopia. Dallol is a settlement in northern Ethiopia. Located in Administrative Zone 2 of the Afar Region in the Afar Depression. The Central Statistical Agency has not published an estimate for this settlement's 2005 population; it has been described as a ...

INVESTOR GUIDE - MINING IN ETHIOPIA 2 INVESTOR GUIDE - MINING IN ETHIOPIA 3 1. WELCOME TO OUR MINING INVESTOR GUIDE 5 2. QUICK GUIDE TO ETHIOPIA AS YOUR MINING DESTINATION OF CHOICE 8 3. ETHIOPIA AT A GLANCE 11 3.1 A soaring economy 16 3.2 Getting to know the Growth and Transformation Plan II 16 4. REFORMING THE …

Significant Potash Mine in Ethiopia Project Highlights Location: Northern Ethiopia Ownership: 100% License Area: 365 sq km Mineral Resource: 4,932 Mt @ 18% KCl P&P Reserves: 108Mt KCl Potential Product: MOP & SOP Mining: Solution mining Process: Solar evaporation Production(MOP/SOP): 2.0 / 0.75Mtpa Initial Capex: US$2.3Bn

March 25, 2010 -- China's $300 billion sovereign wealth fund may finance China Mining United Fund's plan to develop a potash project in Ethiopia, reports the Wall Street Journal. This project is also being eyed by mining giant BHP Billiton Ltd., a senior official familiar with the situation said Thursday, according to the report.

The mining company plans to supply 10 percent of the current global potash demand. There are also other mining companies that are currently working in the Dallol depression. Allana Potash, a Canadian company, is on the process to build a potash mine in the Dallol depression.

Potash is formed by the evaporation of sea and the compression of the evaporated minerals by sediment layers over time. As a result, potash is often found in deep underground deposits. Despite the depth at which many potash …

Norwegian fertilizer company Yara is among those planning to develop potash, found in the remote Danakil depression in the northern Afar region of …

Resources. The Ethiopian Geological Survey of the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) with assistance from UNDP and private companies have assessed the mineral and petroleum resources of Ethiopia. The resources discovered in different regions of the country are mainly gold, tantalum, phosphorus, iron, salt, potash, soda ash, gemstones, coal, geothermal and …

Allana Potash, a Vancouver-based mining company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, is set to acquire financing for its mammoth potash mining project in Danakil Depression in the Afar Regional State of Ethiopia in the order of 11.1 billion birr from the little-known-in-Ethiopia Africa Export/Import Bank-Afreximbank (Seyoum, 2013).

Our team provided water catchment services for the Yara project, a potash mine in the Danakil Desert, Ethiopia—one of the hottest and driest places on Earth. The project highlights the need for a holistic water use strategy as wildlife, vegetation, and small fish depend on the region's unique ecosystem. Storm run-off occurs in the catchment ...

Danakhil potash project is located in Ethiopia's north-eastern Danakhil depression, a desert area in the region of Afar. The project initially included three potash concessions. Location Northern end of the region of Afar …

Potash (especially potassium carbonate) has been used in bleaching textiles, making glass, ceramic, and making soap, since the Bronze Age. [citation needed] Potash was principally obtained by leaching the ashes of land and sea plants.Beginning in the 14th century potash was mined in Ethiopia.One of the world's largest deposits, 140 to 150 million tons, is located in the …

Environmental Aspects of Phosphate and Potash Mining

Ethiopia, which has a mostly artisanal mining industry, is on a quest to woo foreign companies to start projects in the country, which is rich is potash, gold, tantalum, sapphires and construction ...

Mines Minister, Motuma Mekassa, said that a number of companies are still interested in developing potash deposits in the Afar region in northeastern Ethiopia. The minister added that, so long as there are not any legal hindrances from the arbitration process, which is currently underway in the Hague, then the government is still keen to ...

World annual potash capacity was projected to increase to near 69 million tons in 2025 from 62.3 million tons in 2021. Most of the increase would be MOP from new mines and expansion projects in Belarus, Canada, and Russia. New SOP mines were planned in Australia and Eritrea, and a polyhalite mine in the United Kingdom would also contribute