Problem
Instability in the phosphate industry
Other Names:
Collapsing fertilizer markets Incidence:
Phosphate prices collapsed in the late 1980's, leaving Nauru in a desperate economic position. Phosphate soil is Nauru's major export, and is in any event likely due to run out by the mid-1990s.
Broader Problems:
Instability of non-metallic mineral products industry Values:
StabilityCollapseInstability Subject(s):
Commerce → MarketFundamental Sciences → Inorganic chemical compounds
Industry → Chemical products
Industry → Industry
Societal Problems → Instability
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
E: Emanations of other problems Date of last update
15.09.2019 – 18:22 CEST