Phosphate Mining in the Middle East

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  • Опубликовано: 23 май 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.jo/en/
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  • @mattsharkey311
    @mattsharkey311 Месяц назад +41

    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.

    • @AaronWitt
      @AaronWitt  Месяц назад +18

      yeah we didn't mean to get that close but they told us it was fine beforehand

    • @kevinnorthington832
      @kevinnorthington832 Месяц назад +4

      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

  • @globetrotter683
    @globetrotter683 Месяц назад +5

    The wear on the equipment must be phenomenal with all that fine dust.. Great vid as per usual.

  • @paulpence8895
    @paulpence8895 Месяц назад +17

    Retired farmer here, great vid... BTW,,, its N/P/K... LOL!!!

    • @AaronWitt
      @AaronWitt  Месяц назад +5

      noted

    • @evantilley6192
      @evantilley6192 Месяц назад +2

      Got me too. So unnatural saying it like that lol

  • @tha_lost_nomads8692
    @tha_lost_nomads8692 Месяц назад +21

    Really wish the videos were longer. Also, keep up the great content on the Podcast!

    • @AaronWitt
      @AaronWitt  Месяц назад +2

      thank you for watching / listening!! We're working on it!

    • @teekanne15
      @teekanne15 Месяц назад

      I guess you always have to make trade offs.
      Most weeks I don’t have the time to watch long RUclips videos but ~10min is perfekt for lunch break

  • @jimbeam2705
    @jimbeam2705 Месяц назад +19

    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.

  • @ProudPapaw88
    @ProudPapaw88 Месяц назад +8

    Great video, Aaron and crew. Learn new things everyday. Thanks for sharing and have a great Memorial Day weekend!!

  • @evank9847
    @evank9847 Месяц назад

    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.

  • @Beyonder8335
    @Beyonder8335 Месяц назад +3

    As a farmer it’s very interesting to see where some of our fert comes from.

  • @ocscmike
    @ocscmike Месяц назад +5

    You should visit the Bone Valley in Florida!

  • @weldscientist
    @weldscientist Месяц назад +2

    One of the best videos to date!

  • @anels9
    @anels9 Месяц назад +1

    Man I love this channel!
    Love from Australia brother ✌️

  • @tid360
    @tid360 Месяц назад +7

    OSHA approved blasting 😂

  • @user-ef8mi1lv6w
    @user-ef8mi1lv6w 22 дня назад

    Phosphate is the powerhouse of the cell

  • @mcspikesky
    @mcspikesky Месяц назад

    Komatsu has a special place in my heart.

  • @american7169
    @american7169 Месяц назад +6

    At the end of the vid, there is a guy blowing another guy...😂

  • @amogusenjoyer
    @amogusenjoyer Месяц назад +1

    You should do the moroccan phosphates mines next (i know it's not that simple but hahah), they are MASSIVE

  • @jascollinscork
    @jascollinscork Месяц назад +1

    Cracking video!!! The blast part was totally 😬

  • @maroman894
    @maroman894 Месяц назад

    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

  • @lastnamefirstname520
    @lastnamefirstname520 Месяц назад +1

    I remember when it was a big thing that phosphate free washing powder came out

  • @ryanozbun8933
    @ryanozbun8933 Месяц назад +2

    Shot delay to prevent vibration???? Nahhh just let it all go at once. Hell yeah

  • @RRCCONSTRUCTIONMININGREC-tl8yf
    @RRCCONSTRUCTIONMININGREC-tl8yf Месяц назад +1

    HI Aaron love the videos great work new sub thanks for the show keep them coming.😊😊👍👍🚜🚜🚛🚚🚚🚧🚧🚧🚧

  • @lastnamefirstname520
    @lastnamefirstname520 Месяц назад +3

    0:25 RIP small camera! 😂

  • @calvinwright5040
    @calvinwright5040 Месяц назад

    Watching this video while out in a field.Harvesting crops supplied by the fertilizer In this video as a cool feeling.

  • @CoreVisual
    @CoreVisual Месяц назад

    0:23 holy cow!!

  • @user-mo9wo2mg3g
    @user-mo9wo2mg3g Месяц назад +5

    Great Video

  • @Tom-wj4tr
    @Tom-wj4tr Месяц назад +2

    Visits a phosphate mine and only videos overburden moving. Good job guys.

  • @rclover99
    @rclover99 Месяц назад +1

    That was a heavy shot 😂...

  • @RoundaboutASMR
    @RoundaboutASMR Месяц назад +1

    4:08 its like when you used to hear a skype call on a tutorial 😂😂

  • @ourfamilyoutdoors7331
    @ourfamilyoutdoors7331 Месяц назад +1

    God bless you

  • @marksellinger3736
    @marksellinger3736 Месяц назад +1

    Boys and their toys!

  • @2AToday
    @2AToday Месяц назад +1

    “Aloha snackbar!!” *boom*

  • @TimHollis3006
    @TimHollis3006 Месяц назад +1

    Are those Ariats you’re wearing?

  • @kashumbakash1902
    @kashumbakash1902 Месяц назад

    you should visit zambia, Barrick Lumwana Mine

  • @UncleManuel
    @UncleManuel Месяц назад +1

    So one could say this stuff is the basis for the term "Eat dirt!" 😁😜

  • @farhankuncoro4858
    @farhankuncoro4858 Месяц назад +1

    you should come to indonesia to see how coal minning work here

  • @ioanbota9397
    @ioanbota9397 Месяц назад

    Realy I like this video its interestyng

  • @PhamVan-gr6hr
    @PhamVan-gr6hr Месяц назад

    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

  • @heinekenczech
    @heinekenczech Месяц назад +1

    Awesome vid. Guess net zero is going to be a problem. Lol.

  • @matt45540
    @matt45540 Месяц назад

    Any reason they aren't running scrapers?

  • @mikeo.1593
    @mikeo.1593 Месяц назад +2

    Yea I don’t believe humans built that

  • @zaryadnik
    @zaryadnik 17 дней назад

    Interesting what the name of the mine?

  • @user-iq3oh8ll3t
    @user-iq3oh8ll3t Месяц назад

    Nice

  • @OfficialSamuelC
    @OfficialSamuelC Месяц назад +4

    Longer form content please! These videos are awesome, we need more! Short form is no longer the popular thing!

  • @watchthe1369
    @watchthe1369 Месяц назад +1

    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.

  • @Control-Alt-Delete619
    @Control-Alt-Delete619 Месяц назад +3

    They're doing a great job, but the United States invented phosphate mining, and we can teach em a thing or two! 💪🧠🍻🇺🇲

    • @charlescourtney5519
      @charlescourtney5519 Месяц назад +1

      Well said, but down here in Australia we just do mining better than anyone. We'll teach the USA a thing or two 😉

    • @Control-Alt-Delete619
      @Control-Alt-Delete619 Месяц назад +1

      @@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. 💪🧠🍻🇺🇲

    • @jamesbaumbach3294
      @jamesbaumbach3294 28 дней назад

      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...
      👍💪🥳

    • @Control-Alt-Delete619
      @Control-Alt-Delete619 28 дней назад +1

      @@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! 💪🧠👍🍻🇺🇲

  • @Theonetwo48
    @Theonetwo48 Месяц назад +1

    MSHA be like 👁️👄👁️

  • @argosy440
    @argosy440 Месяц назад +2

    Nice video. Please include metric units for the rest of the world lol

    • @MrHunt916
      @MrHunt916 Месяц назад +2

      LOL. Nope. We use inches. Feet. Pounds. Degrees.

  • @dj_laundry_list
    @dj_laundry_list Месяц назад +1

    Confused about why indian music is playing during a scene in Lebanon, but hey, not one to throw shade on a cultural mashup

    • @AaronWitt
      @AaronWitt  Месяц назад +2

      a lot of indians work in the middle east

    • @jimbeam2705
      @jimbeam2705 Месяц назад

      Kinda of like the India people taking over America. Thanks politicians.

  • @paulpeters5199
    @paulpeters5199 Месяц назад

    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

  • @pranavnair2797
    @pranavnair2797 Месяц назад +1

    Komatsu excavator pc1250 ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @matt45540
    @matt45540 Месяц назад

    Human urine concentrates all the phosphorus we consume, so make sure your not draining the tank into water ways to help prevent algae blooms