South America is a large and diverse region, home to 380 million people, and its industries cover many of the diverse facets of the modern sulphur industry. There is major metal mining and smelting, in Chile and Peru, with associated sulphuric acid production and consumption, considerable oil production and refining capacity in Venezuela and Brazil, and large-scale phosphate use and fertilizer demand - particularly in Brazil. The past few years have seen expansions in all of these industries as the world's need for commodities of all kind has led to increasing investment, but the economic horizon looks less certain now for the continent.
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