Potash derailment Fort Macleod

[Taiga]

https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/43-cp-rail-cars-carrying-potash-derail-east-of-fort-macleod-alta-1.5914463

[redleaf]

I thought potash fertilizer was red?

[furrowtickler]

The video I seen sure was not potash … any of it
Oh well they will drive the price of that up 2x regardless

[sawfly1]

Sure looked like urea

[6V53]

Looks like they got caught shipping nitrogen out and had to make a story up.

[Rareearth]

6V
If thats true, its a story worth investigating!

I wouldn't doubt it

[TSIPP]

From what I understand it is white potash, white potash has the iron removed from it and is used in commercial products as in laundry soap.

[shtferbrains]

Some solution mines like the one near Belle Plain produce white 0-0-62.

Can disolve the fine product to produce 0-0-12 liquid. More for vegtable fertigation etc.
As TSIPP says the iron is an impurity and doesn't go into solution. Just floats around on the bottom.

[redleaf]

From what I understand it is white potash, white potash has the iron removed from it and is used in commercial products as in laundry soap.

Good info.

[furrowtickler]

Learn something new everyday, good to know

[sawfly1]

Now the white phosphate freaked me out this spring , I was sure they had screwed up and gave me a blend, but they swore it is 11 51 0.

[helmsdale]

Now the white phosphate freaked me out this spring , I was sure they had screwed up and gave me a blend, but they swore it is 11 51 0.

white... as in all white? I had some this year that was green, some that was pure brown, and some that had maybe 30% white prills intermixed with brown.