Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 44

31-Oct-2011

Jordan

Saudi Company To Build Fertilizer Plant In Jordan

Al-Hamad Group of Saudi Arabia announced on 23 October plans to build a fertilizer plant in Jordan at a cost of JD1bn ($1.41bn). The Badr Complex for Phosphoric Acid and Chemical Industries will be set up in the al-Hasa area of south Jordan and is due to start up during the first quarter of 2012. It will have the capacity to produce 310,000 tons/year of phosphoric acid in the...