SAUDI ARABIA

SAFCO's Melamine Plant Makes First Export Shipment 

The Saudi Arabian Fertilizer Company (SAFCO) has made its first export shipment of melamine - 32 tons to West Germany and 16 tons to Spain - from its recently completed 20,000 ton/year melamine plant at Dammam which started up at the end of last year. Melamine is used in manufacturing glues, dyes and household utensils. In the first four months of this year SAFCO produced 100,168 tons of urea fertilizers and exported...