TY - JOUR N2 - The article analyzes the present state of the phosphate raw material base to meet Ukrainian chemical enterprises’ needs. In Ukraine, a number of complex apatite and phosphorite deposits have been explored. Their exploitation can lead to a complete supply of Ukrainian chemical enterprises with raw materials and can partly reduce the amount of expensive imported phosphate mineral fertilizers. At present, the following deposits, where apatite is connected with other useful components, are prepared for exploitation: Stremyhorod, Fedorivka, Novopoltavka, Kropyvna and others. The advantage of the development of these deposits is the possibility to extract apatite along with the production of rare earth concentrates, ilmenite, titanomagnetite, as well as feldspars, olivine, pyroxenes, mica and others which will significantly increase the profitability of the deposits development. The alternative to apatite-containing deposits in Ukraine can be sedimentary deposits of nodule, granular and mixed type phosphorites. Phosphorite deposits can be used mainly for the production of phosphorite and limestone flour. Considerable resources of granular phosphorites have been discovered in Volyn-Podillia and Dnieper-Donetsk which are considered to have a various agricultural effect. They are environmentally friendly ores without impurity which prevents plants from cesium, strontium and reduces nitrates in the soil. Arranging the exploration of phosphorite ores in certain parts of Volyn-Podillia basin and Dnieper-Donets Rift is recommended. L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/112138/PDF/syvyi-i-inni.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/112138 PY - 2019 IS - No 4 EP - 26 DO - 10.24425/gsm.2019.128543 KW - apatite ores KW - phosphorite ores KW - resources KW - deposits KW - raw materials A1 - Syvyi, Miroslav A1 - Demyanchuk, Petro A1 - Havryshok, Bohdan A1 - Zablotskyi, Bohdan PB - Komitet Zrównoważonej Gospodarki Surowcami Mineralnymi PAN PB - Instytut Gospodarki Surowcami Mineralnymi i Energią PAN VL - vol. 35 DA - 2019.12.27 T1 - Phosphates of Ukraine as raw materials for the production of mineral fertilizers and ameliorants SP - 5 UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/112138 T2 - Gospodarka Surowcami Mineralnymi - Mineral Resources Management ER -