VOL. XXXIX

No. 15

8-January-1996

SAUDI ARABIA

SABIC Approves Plans For Ibn Al-Baytar Acid Complex

The Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) has approved plans for an acid complex to be built by its subsidiary, the National Chemical Fertilizer Company (Ibn al-Baytar), in Jubail. The complex, consisting of a 260,000 ton/year phosphoric acid unit, an 887,000 t/y sulfuric acid unit and 16,400 t/y aluminium fluoride unit, is scheduled to come on stream in 1999. The sulfuric acid will be...