Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Maaden) said it has completed utilities commissioning on a $900-million ammonia plant set up in Ras Al Khair industrial City.

The ammonia plant is the first project in the $6.4 billion Phosphate 3 expansion scheme to Maadens phosphate fertilizer portfolio, which encompasses the full mine-to-market development process of phosphate fertilizers, said a statement from Maaden.

It will add 3 million tonnes of phosphate fertilizer production capacity to Maaden portfolio, thus bringing its total production capacity to more than 9 million tonnes.

This will make Maaden one of the top three global phosphate fertilizer producers and Saudi Arabia the second largest phosphate fertilizer exporter worldwide, it added.

Maaden CEO Abdulaziz Al Harbi said: "This is a tremendous milestone for our phosphate portfolio. The ammonia plant expansion will add over 1 million tonnes ammonia production to reach 3.3 million tonnes, making Maaden one of the largest ammonia producers east of the Suez Canal."

"We have been moving ahead with the construction during the Covid-19 pandemic and thanks to the dedication of the Maaden team and our partners, construction has been completed for the utility section and pre-commissioning activities started," remarked Al Harbi.

"Safety has remained a priority for us throughout the project and I am pleased to say that over 4,000 employees invested 14 million+ safe man hours to deliver the construction on the Ammonia 3 project over 32 months," he stated.

Maaden began commercial production of fertilizers in 2011 and has since become one of the top three largest producers of phosphate fertilizers globally, catering to the biggest fertilizer markets and meeting the food requirements of hundreds of millions of people, he added.

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