The Novaphos Mission
Dedicated to making phosphates better
Novaphos technologies enable the sustainable production of high-quality phosphate fertilizers, Li-ion batteries, and more. Our processes are low-waste, low-cost, highly scalable, and ready for commercialization.
PROBLEM
The
phosphate
industry is
broken
Industry processes, outputs, and supply chain are unsustainable with current technology.
Independent food production is critical to our national security, and Russia and China are ahead of the U.S. in producing the phosphate needed for all agriculture.
Production crisis in the U.S.
Nonrenewable and diminishing supply of phosphate rock — especially the high-quality forms needed for liquid fertilizer and lithium-ion batteries.
Substantially reduced market share globally in the past two decades–from 46% to 13% (low ROI business)
No new plants in North America since mid-1990s
Waste and sustainability crisis
Current production results in radioactive byproducts, unused mineral resources and waste mine tailings
Low-quality solid phosphate fertilizers exacerbate inefficient phosphate use that contaminates water and boosts algae growth through erosion, run-off and leaching
SOLUTION
Novaphos improves the phosphate industry with a circular approach to phosphoric acid production.
Minimal-waste phosphoric acid production
Our phosphoric acid process creates high-quality phosphoric acid from even very low-quality phosphate rock sources, with valuable, earth-friendly co-production.
Up-cycling noxious existing wastes
Our phosphogypsum process takes waste products from legacy phosphoric acid plants and creates useful commercial products.