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Jordan and Indonesia agree to phosphoric acid projects

8:38 AM MDT | July 22, 2013 | Natasha Alperowicz from IHS Chemical Week
Jordan Phosphate Mines Co. (JPMC; Amman) has signed memoranda of understanding with two Indonesian firms to build two separate phosphoric acid projects, each designed to produce 200,000 m.t./year. One of the units will be built in Jordan and the other in Indonesia, according to JPMC. The two projects form part of the company’s strategy to guarantee offtake of phosphate rock from its extensive mining operations in Jordan. JPMC operates in three mining areas in the central and southern parts of Jordan: Al Hassa, Al Abiad, and Eshidiya.

Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma'aden) : build a phosphoric acid plant worth 3.5bn riyals.

Contract Awarded for build a phosphoric acid plant. The plant will have a production capacity of 1.5mn tonnes. Contract Value: 3.5bn riyals. Contract Period: 2016 Contractor name : HANWHA ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION CO.Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) announced today it was awarded a contract by Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma'aden) to provide a bankable feasibility study/front end engineering design (FEED) for its Umm Wu'al Phosphate Project in the Sirhan-Turaif region, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.