fertilizer to emerge as another source of demand for ZN
For you botanists, agronomists, farmers, and hoticulturists out there.. who knew? Zinc with potash increases yields.
published reports say the picture is about to get even more rosy for zinc. This is because fertilizer is expected to emerge as another source of demand for zinc.
A Wall St Daily says studies completed in Brazil, China, India and Turkey showed that adding zinc as a micronutrient in fertilizer raised crop yields by 8% to 12% and increased zinc content in the harvested grains by 20% to 40%.
As plants need zinc to synthesize proteins and generate energy, IHS is predicting that the biggest demand growth sector for zinc chemicals through 2018 will be in fertilizer (using zinc sulfate mostly).
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