[ Fertiliser Production ]
[ Fertiliser Production ]
the project ’ s total cost at USD 6.4 billion . The complex is set to increase the company ’ s annual production capacity by 50 % to 9 million tonnes . In October 2018 , Ma ’ aden signed a USD 892 million engineering , procurement , and construction with a global consortium to build the first of several plants believed to fall under this project , namely an ammonia plant with 1.1 million tons per annum capacity .
Ma ’ aden ’ s existing phosphate businesses Ma ’ aden is the largest multi-commodity mining and metals company in the Middle East and among the fastestgrowing mining companies in the world ( 5 ) . 2023 revenues were USD 7.12 billion . Ma ’ aden is developing the mining industry into the third pillar of Saudi economy in line with Vision 2030 . The company operates 17 mines and sites , has 6,000 + direct employees and exports products to over 30 countries . Ma ’ aden has plans for massive growth over the next 18 years across its phosphate , aluminum , gold , copper and new minerals activities , to leverage the Kingdom ’ s estimated USD 2.5 trillion mineral endowment . Ma ’ aden has investments in several phosphate-related companies and activities . These include MPC ( Ma ’ aden Phosphate Company ), a USD 5.6 billion joint venture investment . It operates from two primary locations . Firstly Al Jalamid in the Northern Province of Saudi Arabia , where the phosphate mine ( 11.6 million TPA ) and beneficiation plant ( 5 million TPA ) are located . Here , Ma ’ aden has made significant infrastructure investments , building a power plant , a potable water production plant , communication facilities , a road network , etc . From Al Jalamid , concentrated phosphate rock is transported by rail over 1,200 Km to Ras Al Khair Industrial City for processing at Ma ’ aden ’ s integrated fertilizer production complex . Facilities here include a phosphoric acid plant , sulphuric acid plant , ammonia plant , di-ammonium phosphate ( 3 million TPA ), granulation plant and desalination plant . An additional investment is MWSPC ( Ma ’ aden Wa ’ ad Al Shamal Phosphate
Company ), a USD 8 billion joint venture . Located in the Northern Province of Saudi Arabia , this fertilizer production complex features seven world-class plants and associated facilities , including beneficiation plant , phosphoric acid plant , sulfuric acid plant , di-ammonium phosphate , granulation plant . MWSPC can produce 3 million tons of fertilizer products per annum .
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( 4 ) https :// industeel . arcelormittal . com / fichier / stainless-steels-for-fertilizersindustry /
( 5 ) https :// www . maaden . com . sa / en / business / phosphate