Jordan Chemicals and Alufluoride ink deal to build aluminum fluoride plant in Jordan
2020-01-10 15:20:19 [Print]
The Jordan Chemicals Company, which is fully owned by the Jordan Phosphate Mines Company (JPMC), and Alufluoride Limited of India on Wednesday signed an agreement to establish a factory to produce aluminum fluoride in Jordan.
Under the agreement, the first phase of the project includes building the factory, worth $25 million, in Al Shidiyeh region in Maan. Additionally, the companies will also carry out modernization activities at JPMC's aluminum fluoride plant in Aqaba for the purposes of producing aluminum fluoride at the same cost.
The JPMC will also supply the new factory with 20,000 tonnes of fluosilic acid annually.
Construction of the new factory in Al Shidiyeh is scheduled to start at the beginning of next month and continue for 15 months.
After renovating the aluminum fluoride factory in Aqaba, the new factory production of aluminum fluoride should reach 20,000 tonnes in each plant in the first and second stages, according to JPMC Chairman Muhammad Thneibat.
Under the agreement, the first phase of the project includes building the factory, worth $25 million, in Al Shidiyeh region in Maan. Additionally, the companies will also carry out modernization activities at JPMC's aluminum fluoride plant in Aqaba for the purposes of producing aluminum fluoride at the same cost.
The JPMC will also supply the new factory with 20,000 tonnes of fluosilic acid annually.
Construction of the new factory in Al Shidiyeh is scheduled to start at the beginning of next month and continue for 15 months.
After renovating the aluminum fluoride factory in Aqaba, the new factory production of aluminum fluoride should reach 20,000 tonnes in each plant in the first and second stages, according to JPMC Chairman Muhammad Thneibat.
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