VOL. XXXIV

NO. 6

12-NOVEMBER-1990

Saudi Arabia

Ibn al-Baytar's New Complex Starts Test Production of NPK

The National Chemical Fertilizer Company (Ibn al-Baytar) - a 50/50 jointventure between the Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) and the SaudiArabian Fertilizer Company (SAFCO), a SABIC affiliate - has started testproduction of nitrogenous potassium phosphate fertilizer (NPK) from its newfertilizer complex at Jubail. The complex, whose construction began in 1988,envisages an annual...