Phosphate Mining in the Middle East
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
- We visited Jordanian phosphate mines last December thanks to our friends at The Near East Equipment Company, Jordan's Komatsu dealer.
It's hard to overstate the importance of phosphate in the world - without it, we couldn't feed over half of the humans on Earth.
However, the mining process is somewhat straightforward. Mining companies use large excavators, like the PC3000 and PC1250s we saw, to strip the overburden from atop the phosphate deposits.
Once exposed, loaders scoop up the white and grey substance, and trucks haul it to nearby plants for further processing.
And the mining efforts go on and on, crossing enormous swaths of the Jordanian desert.
To learn more about Near East Equipment, you can check out their website here - www.neec.com.j...
Wow, you guys really were close to that shot. It was like a quarter second between it blowing up and the sound reaching you guys.
yeah we didn't mean to get that close but they told us it was fine beforehand
Yeah that was extremely close I work for a drilling company and we were working at a mine and we saw them setting up for a blast and even still being in the “safe zone” we felt the floor shake it was a preety cool experience
Really wish the videos were longer. Also, keep up the great content on the Podcast!
thank you for watching / listening!! We're working on it!
I guess you always have to make trade offs.
Most weeks I don’t have the time to watch long CZcams videos but ~10min is perfekt for lunch break
The wear on the equipment must be phenomenal with all that fine dust.. Great vid as per usual.
You guys should focus more on the plant side of the operation. Loading trucks is just the beginning of these giant operations, we’d like to see the whole thing please.
As this looks like a exciting job to many people, as a retired heavy equipment operator thats sat in areas for 2 years at a time loading either on or off road trucks .... at some time you will come to hate it from just pure boredom. After the first hour everyday, you will almost contemplate suicide ( not really, but you think about it) . You can't wait to be done digging out that retention pond in order to go do other things with the excavator.
Retired farmer here, great vid... BTW,,, its N/P/K... LOL!!!
noted
Got me too. So unnatural saying it like that lol
Great video, Aaron and crew. Learn new things everyday. Thanks for sharing and have a great Memorial Day weekend!!
thank you!!
Visits a phosphate mine and only videos overburden moving. Good job guys.
As a farmer it’s very interesting to see where some of our fert comes from.
You should visit the Bone Valley in Florida!
One of the best videos to date!
Time Stamp @5:48 for epic slow-mo blast. Beautiful shot (both blast and video!)
Awesome vid. Guess net zero is going to be a problem. Lol.
0:25 RIP small camera! 😂
OSHA approved blasting 😂
Not much timing in it haha
At the end of the vid, there is a guy blowing another guy...😂
He enjoyed that too much.
…it was the vacuum’s day off.
Shot delay to prevent vibration???? Nahhh just let it all go at once. Hell yeah
HI Aaron love the videos great work new sub thanks for the show keep them coming.😊😊👍👍🚜🚜🚛🚚🚚🚧🚧🚧🚧
Man I love this channel!
Love from Australia brother ✌️
Komatsu has a special place in my heart.
You should do the moroccan phosphates mines next (i know it's not that simple but hahah), they are MASSIVE
I remember when it was a big thing that phosphate free washing powder came out
Phosphate is the powerhouse of the cell
Great Video
thank you
That was a heavy shot 😂...
Cracking video!!! The blast part was totally 😬
Are those Ariats you’re wearing?
4:08 its like when you used to hear a skype call on a tutorial 😂😂
you should come to indonesia to see how coal minning work here
Longer form content please! These videos are awesome, we need more! Short form is no longer the popular thing!
Start making some
“Aloha snackbar!!” *boom*
So one could say this stuff is the basis for the term "Eat dirt!" 😁😜
Boys and their toys!
Watching this video while out in a field.Harvesting crops supplied by the fertilizer In this video as a cool feeling.
Do you want to visit the JV mine of Alara Resources Limited in Oman? The company owns the JV mining services business. And a second filter press will soon be installed. Copper is currently hot too
You guys should see if you could visit the Kiewit mine in Idaho. I’m a big fan of your page and it would be cool for you to see our operation, we are also a phosphate mine
God bless you
you should visit zambia, Barrick Lumwana Mine
Yea I don’t believe humans built that
Interesting what the name of the mine?
Any reason they aren't running scrapers?
Realy I like this video its interestyng
0:23 holy cow!!
Nice video. Please include metric units for the rest of the world lol
LOL. Nope. We use inches. Feet. Pounds. Degrees.
Komatsu excavator pc1250 ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Israel and egypt are going to need that to keep people alive as Ukraine and Russia stop shipping. Smart move to get those new machines while interest is still staying low. They will be making bank shortly.
Nice
They're doing a great job, but the United States invented phosphate mining, and we can teach em a thing or two! 💪🧠🍻🇺🇲
Well said, but down here in Australia we just do mining better than anyone. We'll teach the USA a thing or two 😉
@@charlescourtney5519 we taught you guys everything you know, and all your big mines have to be run & contracted out to American companies to ensure it's done properly. Just watch what we do and observe, and maybe you'll learn a thing or two. 💪🧠🍻🇺🇲
Come on Mate.
You guys are just the warmer version of England.
You know all your ancestors came from there right it was all the convicts and stuff...
👍💪🥳
@@jamesbaumbach3294 The United States runs England, Australia, and the entire world! Once president Trump is back in office, we'll be shipping all our mined minerals over to you guys, and charging the max for it, because made in America isn't cheap bud! 💪🧠👍🍻🇺🇲
Confused about why indian music is playing during a scene in Lebanon, but hey, not one to throw shade on a cultural mashup
a lot of indians work in the middle east
Kinda of like the India people taking over America. Thanks politicians.
we have one older than that dude
MSHA be like 👁️👄👁️
Hope you get to go to the tar sands in Alberta when the komatsu pc9000 is produced at the end of this year it’s supposed to be the largest hydraulic shovel in the world
Human urine concentrates all the phosphorus we consume, so make sure your not draining the tank into water ways to help prevent algae blooms